Ulangan 12:23

12:23 However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself ¹  – you must not eat the life with the meat!

Ulangan 22:14

22:14 accusing her of impropriety ²  and defaming her reputation ³  by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations ⁴  with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

[12:23]  ¹ sn The blood is life itself. This is a figure of speech (metonymy) in which the cause or means (the blood) stands for the result or effect (life). That is, life depends upon the existence and circulation of blood, a truth known empirically but not scientifically tested and proved until the 17th century a.d. (cf. Lev 17:11).

[22:14]  ² tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”

[22:14]  ³ tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”

[22:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.