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Deuteronomy 12:16

However, you must not eat blood—pour it out on the ground like water.

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

Legacy Standard Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Only ye shall not eate the blood, but powre it vpon 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.
Revised Standard Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.
World English Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
King James Version (1611)
Onely ye shall not eat the blood: yee shall powre it vpon the earth as water.
King James Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
onely the bloude shalt thou not eate, but poure it out as water vpon the earth.
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.
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.
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.
New King James Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Onely ye shal not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as 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.
Amplified Bible
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as 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.
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.
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.
Lexham English Bible
Only the blood you must not eat, but on the ground you must pour it like water.
Literal Translation
Only, you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it as water on the earth.
English Standard Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
New American Standard Bible
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New Century Version
but do not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.
Christian 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;

Contextual Overview

5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there. 6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you. 8 You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him, 9 for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you. 10 When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety. 11 Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you—your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him. 12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you). 13 Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish, 14 for you may do so only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas—there you may do everything I am commanding you.

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
So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you."
Genesis 12:14
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
When Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram's wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,
Genesis 13:2
(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)
Genesis 20:14
So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.
Genesis 24:35
"The Lord has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
Genesis 26:14
He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
Genesis 32:5
I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.'"
Job 1:3
His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.
Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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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