Deuteronomy 12:23

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22Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.24You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

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Berean Standard Bible
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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:
Free Bible Version
Just make sure you don't eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Geneva Bible 1599
Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
One Unity Resource Bible
Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
Translation for Translators
But be sure that you do not eat the blood of any animal, because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Only be sure that you do not consume the blood, for the blood is the life; you will not eat the life with the meat.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
Young's Literal Translation
'Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;