Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy 12:16 in other translations
| BSB | but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. |
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| WEB | Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. |
| ASV | Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. |
| YLT | ‘Only, the blood ye do not eat--on the earth thou dost pour it as water; |
| DARBY | Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. |
| BBE | But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water. |
| Webster | Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. |
What does Deuteronomy 12:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
De 12:16-25. Blood Prohibited.
16. ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water--The prohibition against eating or drinking blood as an unnatural custom accompanied the announcement of the divine grant of animal flesh for food (Ge 9:4), and the prohibition was repeatedly renewed by Moses with reference to the great objects of the law (Le 17:12), the prevention of idolatry, and the consecration of the sacrificial blood to God. In regard, however, to the blood of animals slain for food, it might be shed without ceremony and poured on the ground as a common thing like water--only for the sake of decency, as well as for preventing all risk of idolatry, it was to be covered over with earth (Le 17:13), in opposition to the practice of heathen sportsmen, who left it exposed as an offering to the god of the chase.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 12:5-32
The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently…
Deuteronomy 12:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 12:16
- Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
- Deuteronomy 15:23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
- Acts 15:29
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
- Deuteronomy 12:23-24
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
- 1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
- Leviticus 17:10-13
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
- Leviticus 7:26-27
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 12:15
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
- Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
- Deuteronomy 12:17
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Deuteronomy 12:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Salvo que sangre no comeréis; sobre la tierra la derramaréis como agua. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | seulement, vous ne mangerez pas le sang: tu le verseras sur la terre, comme de l’eau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nur das Blut sollt ihr nicht essen, ihr sollt es auf die Erde gießen wie Wasser. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | absque esu dumtaxat sanguinis, quem super terram quasi aquam effundes. |