World English Bible
Deuteronomy 12:23
“Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 12
If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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