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Myles Coverdale Bible

Deuteronomy 12:16

onely the bloude shalt thou not eate, but poure it out as water vpon the earth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blood;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blood;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beasts;   Blood;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Life;   Nature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Psalms, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Jerusalem;   Tithes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Food;   Hunting;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Food;   High places;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Maccabees, Books of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blood;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blood Accusation;   Dietary Laws;   Tithe;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Hebrew Names Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the eretz as water.
King James Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Lexham English Bible
Only the blood you must not eat, but on the ground you must pour it like water.
English Standard Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
New Century Version
but do not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.
New English Translation
However, you must not eat blood—pour it out on the ground like water.
Amplified Bible
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New American Standard Bible
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Onely ye shal not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
Legacy Standard Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Complete Jewish Bible
But don't eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
Darby Translation
Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Easy-to-Read Version
But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.
George Lamsa Translation
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.
Good News Translation
But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.
Literal Translation
Only, you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it as water on the earth.
American Standard Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Bible in Basic English
But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Only ye shall not eate the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
King James Version (1611)
Onely ye shall not eat the blood: yee shall powre it vpon the earth as water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
English Revised Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Berean Standard Bible
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which thou schalt schede out as watir on the erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Update Bible Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
Webster's Bible Translation
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
World English Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
New King James Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
New Living Translation
But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.
New Life Bible
Only do not eat the blood. You are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New Revised Standard
The blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat, - upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Revised Standard Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.
THE MESSAGE
But you may not eat the blood. Pour the blood out on the ground like water. Nor may you eat there the tithe of your grain, new wine, or olive oil; nor the firstborn of your herds and flocks; nor any of the Vow-Offerings that you vow; nor your Freewill-Offerings and Tribute-Offerings. All these you must eat in the Presence of God , your God, in the place God , your God, chooses—you, your son and daughter, your servant and maid, and the Levite who lives in your neighborhood. You are to celebrate in the Presence of God , your God, all the things you've been able to accomplish.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

Contextual Overview

5 but the place which ye LORDE youre God shal chose out of all yor trybes (that he maye let his name dwell there) shal ye seke, 6 and come thither, and thither shal ye brynge youre burntsacrifices, & youre other offerynges, and youre tithes and the Heueofferynges of youre handes, and youre vowes, and youre fre wyll offerynges, and the firstborne of youre oxen and shepe: 7 and there shall ye eate before the LORDE youre God, and reioyse ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geue with youre handes, because the LORDE thy God hath blessed the. 8 Ye shall do none of the thinges, yt we do here this daye, euery man what semeth him good in his awne eyes. 9 For ye are not yet come to rest, ner to ye enheritauce which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. 10 But ye shal go ouer Iordane, and dwell in the londe yt the LORDE youre God shall deuyde out vnto you, & he shal geue you rest from all youre enemies rounde aboute, and ye shal dwell safe. 11 Now whan the LORDE thy God hath chosen a place, to make his name dwell there, ye shall brynge thither all yt I haue commaunded you, namely, yor burnt sacrifices, youre other offerynges, youre tythes, the Heueofferynges of youre handes, & all youre fre vowes, which ye shall vowe vnto ye LORDE: 12 and there shal ye eate, and reioyse before the LORDE youre God, ye and youre sonnes, and youre doughters, and youre seruauntes, and youre maydes, and the Leuites that are within youre gates, for they haue no porcion ner inheritauce with you. 13 Take hede vnto thy selfe, that thou offer not thy burntofferynges in what so euer place thou seyst: 14 but in the place which ye LORDE shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes, there shalt thou offer thy burntofferynges, and do all that I commaunde the.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12:23, Deuteronomy 12:24, Deuteronomy 15:23, Genesis 9:4 Leviticus 7:26, Leviticus 7:27, Leviticus 17:10-13, Acts 15:29, 1 Timothy 4:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:17 - blood Leviticus 17:13 - pour out Deuteronomy 12:22 - General 1 Samuel 14:32 - did eat Ezekiel 24:7 - she poured Ezekiel 33:25 - Ye eat Acts 15:20 - things

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Therfore (I pray ye) saye thou art my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the, and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.
Genesis 12:14
Now whan he came in to Egipte, ye Egipcians sawe ye woman, yt she was very faire:
Genesis 12:15
& Pharaos prynces sawe her also, & praysed her before him. Then was she brought in to Pharaos house,
Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich in catell, siluer & golde.
Genesis 20:14
Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen, seruauntes and maydens, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne,
Genesis 24:35
and the LORDE hath prospered my master richely, so yt he is become greate: and he hath geuen him shepe and oxe, syluer and golde, seruauntes and maidens, Camels and Asses:
Genesis 26:14
so that he had moch good in shepe and greate catell, and a greate housholde. Therfore had the Philistynes envye at him,
Genesis 32:5
& haue oxen & Asses, shepe, seruauntes & maydes, & haue sent forth to shewe it the my lorde, yt I might fynde fauoure in thy sight.
Job 1:3
His substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij.M. camels, v.C. yock of oxen, v.C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so yt he was one of the most principall men amoge all them of the east countre.
Job 42:12
And the LORDE made Iob richer then he was before: for he had xiiij.M. shepe, vi.M. camels, a M. yock oxe, and a M. asses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only ye shall not eat the blood,.... All manner of blood being forbidden, of fowl or of beasts, whether slain for sacrifice or for common food:

ye shall pour it out upon the earth as water; which cannot be gathered up again for use, but is swallowed up in the earth.


 
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