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Bible in Basic English

And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.

New American Standard Bible

The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

King James Version

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

Holman Bible

they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.

International Standard Version

The army grabbed the spoil, took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground, and then the army ate them with the blood.

A Conservative Version

and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and killed them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.

American Standard Version

and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

Amplified

[When night came and the oath ended] the people rushed greedily upon the spoil. They took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and they ate them [raw] with the blood [still in them].

Darby Translation

And the people fell on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

Julia Smith Translation

And the people will make to the spoil, and they will take sheep and oxen, and the young of oxen, and they will slaughter on the earth: and the people will eat upon the blood.

King James 2000

And the people rushed upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the troops took the plunder: they took sheep and cattle and {calves} and slaughtered [them] on the ground and the troops ate [them all] with the blood.

Modern King James verseion

And the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and killed them on the ground. And the people ate with the blood.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then the people gat them to the spoil and took sheep oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground and did eat with the blood.

NET Bible

So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.

New Heart English Bible

and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

The Emphasized Bible

And the people darted greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and felled them to the ground, - and the people did eat, with the blood.

Webster

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.

World English Bible

and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

עיט 
`iyt 
Usage: 2

upon the spoil
שׁלל 
Shalal 
Usage: 73

and took
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

and oxen
בּקר 
Baqar 
Usage: 183

and slew
שׁחט 
Shachat 
Usage: 81

them on the ground
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

References

Context Readings

Saul's Oath Leads To Trouble

31 That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food. 32 And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it. 33 Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.

Cross References

Leviticus 3:17

Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

Genesis 9:4

But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

Leviticus 17:10-14

And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 19:26

Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

Deuteronomy 12:23-24

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.

Acts 15:20

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

Leviticus 7:26-27

And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

Ezekiel 33:25

For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?

Acts 15:29

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

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