deuteronomy 12:23

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Deuteronomy 12:23

King James Version (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 12:23
Verse 23 of 32

Scripture focus

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.

Deuteronomy 12:23KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 12:23

Theological / Devotional

Be sure. The injunction against blood is most emphatic, and reads literally, “Become thou strong in thy not eating the blood.”

The blood is the life. See on Genesis 9:4; see also Leviticus 17:11, 14; 1 Samuel 14:32-35.

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