Deuteronomy 12:23
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Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:

sure [heb] strong

Genesis 9:4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

Leviticus 3:16,17 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's. . . .

Leviticus 17:11,14 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. . . .

Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

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22Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike. 23Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:24But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,…
Cross References
Acts 15:20
But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood.

Genesis 9:4
Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

Leviticus 7:26
Moreover you shall not eat the blood of any creature whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts.

Leviticus 17:10
If any man whosoever of the house of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood, I will set my face against his soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams.

Deuteronomy 12:16
Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Deuteronomy 12:22
Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike.

Deuteronomy 12:24
But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,

Deuteronomy 15:23
Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.

1 Samuel 14:32
And falling upon the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.

1 Samuel 14:33
And they told Saul that the people had sinned against the Lord, eating with the blood. And he said: You have transgressed: roll here to me now a great stone.

Ezekiel 33:25
Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: You that eat with the blood and lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and that shed blood: shall you possess the land by inheritance?

Lexicon
Only
רַ֣ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

be sure
חֲזַ֗ק (ḥă·zaq)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

not
לְבִלְתִּי֙ (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to eat
אֲכֹ֣ל (’ă·ḵōl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

the blood,
הַדָּ֔ם (had·dām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the blood
הַדָּ֖ם (had·dām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

is the life,
הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ (han·nā·p̄eš)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

and you must not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

eat
תֹאכַ֥ל (ṯō·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

the life
הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ (han·ne·p̄eš)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

the meat.
הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ (hab·bā·śār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man


Additional Translations
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.

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.

Take diligent heed that thou eat no blood, for blood is the life of it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh.

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;

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 that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

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.

Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
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