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Green's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 12:24

You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth as water.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sanitation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blood;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tithe;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Nature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Psalms, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Blood;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High places;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Soul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dietary Laws;   Ishmael of Akbara;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not eat blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the eretz as water.
King James Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Lexham English Bible
You shall not eat it, but on the ground you shall pour it out like water.
English Standard Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
New Century Version
Don't eat the blood, but pour it out on the ground like water.
New English Translation
You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.
Amplified Bible
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
Complete Jewish Bible
Don't eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water.
Darby Translation
thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't eat the blood. Pour it out like water onto the ground.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not eat it; but you must pour it out on the earth like water.
Good News Translation
Do not use the blood for food; instead, pour it out on the ground like water.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth,
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Bible in Basic English
Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not eate it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not eate it; thou shalt powre it vpon the earth as water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not eat it; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
English Revised Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Berean Standard Bible
You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but thou schalt schede as watir `the blood on the erthe,
Young's Literal Translation
thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Update Bible Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not eat it: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
World English Bible
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
New King James Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
New Living Translation
Instead, pour out the blood on the ground like water.
New Life Bible
Do not eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water.
New Revised Standard
Do not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not eat it, - upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,
Revised Standard Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Contextual Overview

5 But you shall seek to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes; for you shall seek His dwelling, to put His name there. And you shall go there. 6 And you shall bring your burnt offerings there, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offering, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock. 7 And you shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, with which Jehovah your God has blessed you. 8 You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, each doing all that is right in his own eyes. 9 For you have not come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah your God is giving to you. 10 And you shall cross over the Jordan, and shall live in the land which Jehovah your God is causing you to inherit. And He shall give you rest from all your enemies all around; and you shall live securely. 11 And it shall be the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you, your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of yourhand, and all your choice freewill offerings which you vow to Jehovah. 12 And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you and your sons, and your daughters, and your male slaves, and your female slaves, and the Levite within your gates because he has no portion or inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to yourself that you not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; 14 but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 15:23

Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:13 - pour out 1 Samuel 14:32 - did eat Ezekiel 24:7 - she poured

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not eat it,.... Neither with the flesh, nor separately:

thou shall pour it upon the earth as water; as the blood of sacrifices was poured upon the altar, the blood of common flesh was to be poured upon the earth, signifying it was not to be used, and no account to be made of it; :-


 
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