Deuteronomy 12:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 17:11 : 11 For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.
  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
  • Lev 17:13-14 : 13 And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth. 14 For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.
  • Deut 12:16 : 16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
  • Lev 3:16-17 : 16 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's. 17 Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 9:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    3 Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

    4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

  • Deut 15:22-23
    2 verses
    87%

    22 It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.

    23 Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

  • Deut 12:15-16
    2 verses
    87%

    15 Only you may put to death animals, such as the gazelle or the roe, for your food in any of your towns, at the desire of your soul, in keeping with the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may take of it.

    16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

  • Lev 17:10-15
    6 verses
    86%

    10 And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

    11 For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.

    12 For this reason I have said to the children of Israel, No man among you, or any others living with you, may take blood as food.

    13 And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.

    14 For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.

    15 And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.

  • Deut 12:24-25
    2 verses
    85%

    24 Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

    25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Lev 7:24-28
    5 verses
    83%

    24 And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

    25 For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.

    26 And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

    27 Whoever takes any blood for food will be cut off from his people.

    28 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 3:17
    78%

    17 Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

  • Lev 19:26
    77%

    26 Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

  • Deut 12:22
    77%

    22 It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.

  • Deut 12:27
    76%

    27 Offering the flesh and the blood of your burned offerings on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your offerings is to be drained out on the altar of the Lord your God, and the flesh will be your food.

  • Exod 12:9
    75%

    9 Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.

  • John 6:53
    75%

    53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

  • Ezek 39:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.

    19 You will go on feasting on the fat till you are full, and drinking the blood till you are overcome with it, of my offering which I have put to death for you.

  • Exod 12:45-46
    2 verses
    74%

    45 A man from a strange country living among you, and a servant working for payment, may not take part in it.

    46 It is to be taken in one house; not a bit of the flesh is to be taken out of the house, and no bone of it may be broken.

  • Ezek 33:25
    74%

    25 For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?

  • Deut 14:21
    74%

    21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

  • Luke 12:23
    73%

    23 Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

  • Deut 14:3
    73%

    3 No disgusting thing may be your food.

  • Num 35:33
    73%

    33 So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

  • Lev 22:8
    73%

    8 That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 19:10
    72%

    10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

  • Lev 11:47
    71%

    47 Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

  • Lev 10:18
    71%

    18 See, its blood was not taken into the holy place: certainly it was right for you to have taken it as food in the holy place, as I gave orders.

  • Deut 12:19
    71%

    19 See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

  • Exod 22:31
    71%

    31 You are to be holy men to me: the flesh of no animal whose death has been caused by the beasts of the field may be used for your food; it is to be given to the dogs.

  • Lev 11:2
    71%

    2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.