Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
New American Standard Bible
Only be sure
King James Version
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
International Standard Version
Only be sure to refrain from eating blood, because blood is the source of life and you must not consume blood with the meat.
A Conservative Version
Only be sure that thou not eat the blood. For the blood is the life, and thou shall not eat the life with the flesh.
American Standard Version
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
Amplified
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life (soul), and you shall not eat the life with the meat.
Bible in Basic English
But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.
Darby Translation
Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;
Julia Smith Translation
Only be striving not to eat the blood, for the blood it is the soul; and thou. shalt not eat the soul with the flesh.
King James 2000
Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Only, be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.
Modern King James verseion
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood. For the blood is the life. And you may not eat the life with the flesh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But be strong that thou eat not the blood. For the blood, that is the life: and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh:
NET Bible
However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself -- you must not eat the life with the meat!
New Heart English Bible
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
The Emphasized Bible
Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for the blood, is the life, - therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh.
Webster
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
World English Bible
Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
Youngs Literal Translation
Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 12:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
22 Indeed, you may eat it as the gazelle and deer are eaten; both the clean and the unclean may eat it. 23 But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. 24 Do not eat blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Cross References
Leviticus 17:11
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for
Genesis 9:4
However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it.
Leviticus 17:13-14
“Any Israelite or foreigner living among them, who hunts
Leviticus 3:16-17
Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma.
“All fat belongs to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 12:16
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Matthew 20:28
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song:
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.