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


In Context

13 Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:

14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou offer sacrifices. and shalt do all that I command thee.

15 But if thou desirest to eat, and the eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eat according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or clean, that is to say, sound and without blemish, such as may be offered, as the roe, and the hart, shalt thou eat it:

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

17 Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the firstborn of thy herds and thy cattle, nor any thing that thou vowest, and that thou wilt offer voluntarily, and the firstfruits of thy hands:

18 But thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and maidservant, and the Levite that dwelleth in thy cities: and thou shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things, whereunto thou shalt put thy hand.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; 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.