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.
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 12 connects to 9 cross-references. Israel is commanded to destroy all Canaanite worship sites and their altars, pillars, and images; worship must be centralized at the place God will choose. In contrast to the permitted killing of animals anywhere for food, all sacrificial offerings must …
Other Translations
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood <FI>is<Fi> the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.
Cross References
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: …
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life …
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said …
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth …
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar …
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for …
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.