23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.


In Context

20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

21 If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.

22 Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean shall eat thereof alike.

23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:23But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:23Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:23Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.