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.
Onely †be sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eate the life with the flesh.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. bee strong.
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- Leviticus 17:11Rank 1 from verse 23
11For 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.
11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it to you vpon the Altar, to make an atonement for your soules: for it is the blood, that maketh an atonement for the soule.
- Genesis 9:4Rank 2 from verse 23
- Leviticus 17:13–14Rank 3 from verse 23
13And 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.
14For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
13And whatsoeuer man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among you, which †hunteth and catcheth any beast or foule that may be eaten, he shall euen powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust.
14For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said vnto the children of Israel, *Ye shall not eat the blood of no maner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut off.
- Deuteronomy 12:16Rank 4 from verse 23
- Leviticus 3:16–17Rank 5 from verse 23
16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.
17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
16And the Priest shall burne them vpon the Altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet sauour: *All the fat is the LORDs.
17 It shall be a perpetuall statute for your generations, throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat, nor *blood.
- Matthew 20:28Rank 6 from verse 23
- Revelation 5:9Rank 7 from verse 23
9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the Booke, and to open the seales thereof: for thou wast slaine, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of euery kinred, and tongue, and people, and nation:
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Deuteronomy 12:23
Certain, firm, secure, dependable, or firmly established.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
22Euen as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, so thou shalt eate them: the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.
23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
23Onely †be sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eate the life with the flesh.
Selected passage24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
24Thou shalt not eate it; thou shalt powre it vpon the earth as water.