23 Only be [a]sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood [b]is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

24 Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but pour it upon the earth as water.

25 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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:23 Hebrew, be strong or constant.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:23 Because the life of beasts is in their blood.

23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B) 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(C) 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well(D) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right(E) in the eyes of the Lord.

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