Deuteronomy 12:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Deuteronomy 12:23

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Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Deuteronomy 12

²¹ If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

²² Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

²³ Only be sure not to 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 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.

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