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Deuteronomy 12:23

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.

KJV

Hoc solum cave, ne sanguinem comedas : sanguis enim eorum pro anima est, et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus :

Vulgate

πρόσεχε ἰσχυρῶς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα, ὅτι αἷμα αὐτοῦ ψυχή· οὐ βρωθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ μετὰ τῶν κρεῶν·

LXX

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.

ASV

רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְ/בִלְתִּי֙ אֲכֹ֣ל הַ/דָּ֔ם כִּ֥י הַ/דָּ֖ם ה֣וּא הַ/נָּ֑פֶשׁ וְ/לֹא תֹאכַ֥ל הַ/נֶּ֖פֶשׁ עִם הַ/בָּשָֽׂר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בִלְתִּ֖י
blty
preposition · 112×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
י
y
noun · 752×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
רַ֣ק
rq
adverb · 109×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:32 — And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
  • Deut 12:16 — Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
  • Deut 12:16 — Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
  • Deut 15:23 — Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
  • Gen 9:4 — But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
  • Gen 9:4 — But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
  • Lev 3:16 — And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.
  • Lev 3:17 — It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
  • Lev 17:10 — And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will c
  • Lev 17:11 — For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
  • Lev 17:13 — And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood ther
  • Lev 17:14 — For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the b
  • Lev 19:26 — Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.