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Deuteronomy 12:23 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 12 · verse 23 · 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.Deuteronomy 12:23 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:23 in context
21If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- surechâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- lifenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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