Deuteronomy 12:24

The NET Bible®

You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not eate it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Easy-to-Read Version
Don't eat the blood. Pour it out like water onto the ground.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.

World English Bible
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not eate it; thou shalt powre it vpon the earth as water.

King James Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as 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.

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.

New King James Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth 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:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

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.

Amplified Bible
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the eretz as water.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as 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.

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.

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,

Lexham English Bible
You shall not eat it, but on the ground you shall pour it out like water.

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

English Standard Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

New Century Version
Don't eat the blood, but pour it out on the ground like water.

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not eat 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;

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
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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; :-