Deuteronomy 12:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`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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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 17:11 : 11 for the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to make atonement for your souls; for it `is' the blood which maketh atonement for the soul.
  • Gen 9:4 : 4 only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.
  • Lev 17:13-14 : 13 and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who hunteth venison, beast or fowl, which is eaten -- hath even poured out its blood, and hath covered it with dust; 14 for `it is' the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life; and I say to the sons of Israel, Blood of any flesh ye do not eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood; any one eating it is cut off.
  • Deut 12:16 : 16 `Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
  • Lev 3:16-17 : 16 and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar -- bread of a fire-offering, for sweet fragrance; all the fat `is' Jehovah's. 17 `A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 9:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    3Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

    4only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

  • Deut 15:22-23
    2 verses
    87%

    22within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.

    23Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.

  • Deut 12:15-16
    2 verses
    87%

    15`Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.

    16`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

  • Lev 17:10-15
    6 verses
    86%

    10`And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who eateth any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst of his people;

    11for the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to make atonement for your souls; for it `is' the blood which maketh atonement for the soul.

    12`Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, No person among you doth eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst doth not eat blood;

    13and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who hunteth venison, beast or fowl, which is eaten -- hath even poured out its blood, and hath covered it with dust;

    14for `it is' the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life; and I say to the sons of Israel, Blood of any flesh ye do not eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood; any one eating it is cut off.

    15`And any person who eateth a carcase or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners -- hath both washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean until the evening -- then he hath been clean;

  • Deut 12:24-25
    2 verses
    85%

    24thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

    25thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Lev 7:24-28
    5 verses
    83%

    24and the fat of a carcase, and the fat of a torn thing is prepared for any work, but ye do certainly not eat it;

    25for whoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which `one' bringeth near a fire-offering to Jehovah, even the person who eateth hath been cut off from his people.

    26`And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;

    27any person who eateth any blood, even that person hath been cut off from his people.'

    28And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • Lev 3:17
    78%

    17`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'

  • Lev 19:26
    77%

    26`Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

  • Deut 12:22
    77%

    22only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.

  • Deut 12:27
    76%

    27and thou hast made thy burnt-offerings -- the flesh and the blood -- on the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices is poured out by the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh thou dost eat.

  • Exod 12:9
    75%

    9ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards;

  • John 6:53
    75%

    53Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

  • Ezek 39:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18Flesh of the mighty ye do eat, And blood of princes of the earth ye drink, Of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, Of calves, fatlings of Bashan -- all of them.

    19And ye have eaten fat to satiety, And ye have drunk blood -- to drunkenness, Of My sacrifice that I sacrificed for you.

  • Exod 12:45-46
    2 verses
    74%

    45a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it;

    46in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house `any' of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it;

  • Ezek 33:25
    74%

    25Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit!

  • Deut 14:21
    74%

    21`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who `is' within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell `it' to a stranger; for a holy people thou `art' to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

  • Lev 6:27
    73%

    27all that cometh against its flesh is holy, and when `any' of its blood is sprinkled on the garment, that on which it is sprinkled thou dost wash in the holy place;

  • Luke 12:23
    73%

    23the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

  • Deut 14:3
    73%

    3`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

  • Num 35:33
    73%

    33`And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

  • Lev 22:8
    73%

    8a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Deut 19:10
    72%

    10and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

  • Lev 11:47
    71%

    47to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'

  • Lev 10:18
    71%

    18lo, its blood hath not been brought in unto the holy place within; eating ye do eat it in the holy place, as I have commanded.'

  • Deut 12:19
    71%

    19take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.

  • Exod 22:31
    71%

    31`And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

  • Lev 11:2
    71%

    2`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This `is' the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which `are' on the earth: