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Myles Coverdale Bible

Deuteronomy 12:24

but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth,

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.
Literal Translation
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth as water.
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 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 12:16, 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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