Deuteronomy 12:23
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Clarke's Deuteronomy 12:23 Bible Commentary
For the blood is the life - And the life being offered as an atonement, consequently the blood should not be eaten. See the notes on Leviticus 17:11, where the subject of the vitality of the blood is largely considered.
