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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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New Century Version

Deuteronomy 12:16

but do not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blood;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blood;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beasts;   Blood;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Life;   Nature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Psalms, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Jerusalem;   Tithes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Food;   Hunting;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Food;   High places;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Maccabees, Books of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blood;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blood Accusation;   Dietary Laws;   Tithe;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Hebrew Names Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the eretz as water.
King James Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Lexham English Bible
Only the blood you must not eat, but on the ground you must pour it like water.
English Standard Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
New English Translation
However, you must not eat blood—pour it out on the ground like water.
Amplified Bible
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New American Standard Bible
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Onely ye shal not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
Legacy Standard Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Complete Jewish Bible
But don't eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
Darby Translation
Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Easy-to-Read Version
But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.
George Lamsa Translation
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.
Good News Translation
But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.
Literal Translation
Only, you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it as water on the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
onely the bloude shalt thou not eate, but poure it out as water vpon the earth.
American Standard Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Bible in Basic English
But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Only ye shall not eate the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
King James Version (1611)
Onely ye shall not eat the blood: yee shall powre it vpon the earth as water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
English Revised Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Berean Standard Bible
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which thou schalt schede out as watir on the erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Update Bible Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
Webster's Bible Translation
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
World English Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
New King James Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
New Living Translation
But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.
New Life Bible
Only do not eat the blood. You are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New Revised Standard
The blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat, - upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Revised Standard Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.
THE MESSAGE
But you may not eat the blood. Pour the blood out on the ground like water. Nor may you eat there the tithe of your grain, new wine, or olive oil; nor the firstborn of your herds and flocks; nor any of the Vow-Offerings that you vow; nor your Freewill-Offerings and Tribute-Offerings. All these you must eat in the Presence of God , your God, in the place God , your God, chooses—you, your son and daughter, your servant and maid, and the Levite who lives in your neighborhood. You are to celebrate in the Presence of God , your God, all the things you've been able to accomplish.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

Contextual Overview

5 but look for the place the Lord your God will choose—a place among your tribes where he is to be worshiped. Go there, 6 and bring to that place your burnt offerings and sacrifices; bring a tenth of what you gain and your special gifts; bring what you have promised and the special gifts you want to give the Lord , and bring the first animals born to your herds and flocks. 7 There you will be together with the Lord your God. There you and your families will eat, and you will enjoy all the good things for which you have worked, because the Lord your God has blessed you. 8 Do not worship the way we have been doing today, each person doing what he thinks is right. 9 You have not yet come to a resting place, to the land the Lord your God will give you as your own. 10 But soon you will cross the Jordan River to live in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, where he will give you rest from all your enemies and you will live in safety. 11 Then the Lord your God will choose a place where he is to be worshiped. To that place you must bring everything I tell you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your offerings of a tenth of what you gain, your special gifts, and all your best things you promised to the Lord . 12 There rejoice before the Lord your God. Everyone should rejoice: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no land of their own. 13 Be careful that you don't sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you please. 14 Offer them only in the place the Lord will choose. He will choose a place in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I am commanding you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12:23, Deuteronomy 12:24, Deuteronomy 15:23, Genesis 9:4 Leviticus 7:26, Leviticus 7:27, Leviticus 17:10-13, Acts 15:29, 1 Timothy 4:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:17 - blood Leviticus 17:13 - pour out Deuteronomy 12:22 - General 1 Samuel 14:32 - did eat Ezekiel 24:7 - she poured Ezekiel 33:25 - Ye eat Acts 15:20 - things

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Tell them you are my sister so that things will go well with me and I may be allowed to live because of you."
Genesis 12:14
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
The Egyptian officers saw her and told the king of Egypt how beautiful she was. They took her to the king's palace, and
Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.
Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech gave Abraham some sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves. He also gave Sarah, Abraham's wife, back to him
Genesis 24:35
The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything, and he has become a rich man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, camels, and horses.
Genesis 26:14
He had so many slaves and flocks and herds that the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 32:5
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. I send this message to you and ask you to accept us.'"
Job 1:3
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
Job 42:12
The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life even more than the first part. Job had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand teams of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only ye shall not eat the blood,.... All manner of blood being forbidden, of fowl or of beasts, whether slain for sacrifice or for common food:

ye shall pour it out upon the earth as water; which cannot be gathered up again for use, but is swallowed up in the earth.


 
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