16Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.


In Context

13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;

14 but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

18 but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

Deuteronomy 12:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16Only, the blood ye do not eat — on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth as water.