Deuteronomy 12:23

Easy To Read Version

But be sure not to eat the blood. Why? Because the life is in the blood. And you must not eat meat that still has life in it.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.

Ezekiel 33:25

“You must tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘You eat meat with the blood still in it. You look to your idols {\cf2\super [271]} for help. You murder people. So why should I give you this land?

Leviticus 17:10

“I (God) will be against any person who eats blood. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or if that person is a foreigner living among you! I will separate that person from his people.

Leviticus 17:11

Why? Because the life of the body is in the blood. I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar. [309] You must do this to make yourselves pure. [310] You must give that blood {to me} as payment for the life {that you took}.

Leviticus 19:26

“You must not eat any meat with blood still in it.

Leviticus 7:26

“No matter where you live, you must never eat blood from any bird or any animal.

Matthew 20:28

It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them. We should tell them these things:

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:22

You may eat this meat the same as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Any person can do this—people who are clean [80] and people who are unclean. [81]

Deuteronomy 12:24

Don’t eat the blood. You must pour the blood onto the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 15:23

But you must not eat the blood from the animal. You must pour the blood out on the ground like water.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song \{to the Lamb\}:

1 Samuel 14:32

They had taken sheep, cows, and calves from the Philistines. Now the people of Israel were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them. And the blood was still in the animals!

1 Samuel 14:33

A person said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat that still has blood in it!”