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Deuteronomy 15:23

In 11 translations

BSB
But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
KJV
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
WEB
Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
ASV
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
LSV
Only, you do not eat its blood—you pour it on the earth as water.”
YLT
Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
DBY
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
DRC
Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.
GNV
Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof, but powre it vpon the ground as water.
JPS
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
LXXE
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out on the earth as water.

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Original-language editions

WLC
רַ֥ק אֶת־דָּמ֖וֹ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑ל עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Πλὴν αἷμα οὐ φἀγεσθε· ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχεεῖς αὐτὸ ὡς ὕδωρ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  • Leviticus 7:26You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
  • Deuteronomy 12:23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
  • Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
  • 1 Samuel 14:32So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

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