Deuteronomy 12:23

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21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from ^ayou, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the Lord has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.

22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, ^afor the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

25 You shall not eat it, ^athat it may go well with you and your children after you, ^bwhen you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

26 Only the ^aholy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses.

27 And ^ayou shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you shall eat the meat.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 12:23

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh.

Contemporary English Version
But don't eat the blood. It is the life of the animal, so let it drain out on the ground before you eat the meat.

Darby English 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;

Good News Bible
Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

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.

New American Standard Bible
"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

New International Version
But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

New King James Version
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Only make sure not to eat the blood, for the blood contains the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

Revised Standard Version
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

Young's Literal Translation
`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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