Deuteronomy 12:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.”
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“Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood <FI>is<Fi> the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 12:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
- Leviticus 3:16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
- Leviticus 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
- Leviticus 17:13And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
- Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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