Deuteronomy 12:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “Only, the blood you do not eat, pour it on the earth like water.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But you must not consume any of the animals’ blood. Pour it out on the ground, just like water.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:16 Cross References

Genesis 9:4

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

Ezekiel 24:7

“For her blood is in her midst. She has set it on a shining rock. She did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.

Ezekiel 33:25

“Therefore say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “You eat meat with blood, and you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

Leviticus 19:26

‘Do not eat meat with the blood. Do not practise divination or magic.

Leviticus 3:17

‘An everlasting law throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you do not eat any fat or any blood.’ ”

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them to abstain from the defilements of idols, and from whoring, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:29

that you abstain from what is offered to idols, and blood, and what is strangled, and whoring. If you keep yourselves from these, you shall do well. Be strong!

Deuteronomy 15:22

“Eat it within your gates – the unclean and the clean alike – as the gazelle, and as the deer.

Deuteronomy 15:23

“Only, do not eat its blood, pour it on the ground like water.

1 Timothy 4:4

Because every creature of Elohim is good, and none is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

1 Samuel 14:32

and the people pounced on the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate with the 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.”