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.


In Context

20 When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory as he promised you, and you crave meat and say, "I would like some meat," then you may eat as much of it as you want.

21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.

22 Eat them as you would gazelle or deer. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat.

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

24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what 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 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 English Revised 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 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.