Deuteronomy 12:23 BSB

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רַ֣ק	rak	only	H7535 →
חֲזַ֗ק	cha.Zak	be strong	H2388 →
לְבִלְתִּי֙	le.vil.Ti	to not	H1115 →
אֲכֹ֣ל	'a.Khol	to eat	H398 →
הַדָּ֔ם	ha.Dam	the blood	H1818 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
הַדָּ֖ם	ha.Dam	the blood	H1818 →
ה֣וּא	hu'	it	H1931 →
הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ	ha.Na.fesh	[is] the life	H5315 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
תֹאכַ֥ל	to.Khal	you must eat	H398 →
הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ	ha.Ne.fesh	the life	H5315 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
הַבָּשָֽׂר׃	ha.ba.Sar	the meat	H1320 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement…
leads to
- Hebrews 9:22
  According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Romans 3:25
  God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
- Revelation 1:5
  and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…
- Mark 14:24
  He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
Through
Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:23
  But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 12:16
  but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Acts 15:20
  Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Leviticus 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.Genesis 9:4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.Leviticus 17:13–14And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.Leviticus 3:16–17Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.Leviticus 17:14For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”Leviticus 19:26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.Deuteronomy 15:23But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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