King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 12:23
“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.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 12
If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike.
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.
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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