But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
1 Samuel 14:34 - Easy To Read Version Then Saul said, “Go to the men and tell them each person must bring his bull and sheep to me. Then the men must kill their bulls and sheep here. Don’t sin against the Lord! Don’t eat meat that still has blood in it.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Saul said: Disperse yourselves among the people; and tell them to bring me every man his ox and his ram, and slay them upon this stone, and eat. And you shall not sin against the Lord in eating with the blood. So all the people brought every man his ox with him till the night; and slew them there. |
But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
A person said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat that still has blood in it!”
Then Saul built an altar for the Lord. Saul himself began building that altar for the Lord!