Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
- KJV Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
- NKJV You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
- NASB You shall not eat it, so that it may go well for you and your sons after you, since you will be doing what is right in the sight of the Lord.
- NLT Do not consume the blood, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what pleases the Lord.
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Quick answer
Abstaining from blood brings blessing to Israel and their children, as they do what is right before God. Obedience here is tied to covenant well-being.
Overview
Moses links the command about blood to the promise that it may go well with them and their descendants. Doing what is right in the LORD's eyes is the path of blessing under the covenant. This connection between obedience and life looks ahead to the gospel, where true and lasting blessing comes through the obedience of Christ credited to his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 1 Kgs 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
- Isa 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Deut 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Exod 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Deut 13:18because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
- Deut 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
- Ezek 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
- Eccl 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Deut 12:28Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
- Isa 48:18–19If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
- Deut 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Ps 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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