1 Samuel 14:34 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁴ And Sha’ul said, “Scatter among the people, and say to them, ‘Each one bring his ox near to me, and each one his sheep, and you shall slaughter them here, and eat. And do not sin against יהוה  by eating with the blood.’ ” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and tell them, Bring me every man his ox or his sheep, and butcher them here and eat; and sin not against the Lord by eating the blood. So all the men brought each one his ox that night and butchered it there.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Go among the troops and say to them, ‘Everyone must bring their ox or sheep, and slaughter them here with me. Don’t sin against the LORD by eating meat with blood still in it.’” So everyone brought whatever they had and slaughtered it there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And Saul said: "Disperse yourselves among the common people, and tell each one of them to bring to me his ox and his ram, and to slay them upon this stone, and to eat, so that you will not sin against the Lord, in eating with blood." And so, each one, out of all the people, brought his ox, by his own hand, throughout the night. And they slew them there.

1 Samuel 14:34 Cross References

Genesis 9:4

“But do not eat flesh with its life, its blood.

1 Samuel 14:33

And they told Sha’ul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against יהוה  by eating with the blood!” And he said, “You have acted treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today.”

1 Samuel 14:35

And Sha’ul built an altar to יהוה. It was the first altar he built to יהוה.