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


In Context

20 When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh — for thy soul desireth to eat flesh — of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.

21 'When the place is far from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, then thou hast sacrificed of thy herd and of thy flock which Jehovah hath given to thee, as I have commanded thee, and hast eaten within thy gates, of all the desire of thy soul;

22 only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.

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

24 thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

25 thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

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 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 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.