Leviticus 17:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the life of the fsh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the life{H5315} of the flesh{H1320} is in the blood;{H1818} and I have given{H5414} it to you upon the altar{H4196} to make atonement{H3722} for your souls:{H5315} for it is the blood{H1818} that maketh atonement{H3722} by reason of the life.{H5315}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the life{H5315} of the flesh{H1320} is in the blood{H1818}: and I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} it to you upon the altar{H4196} to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for your souls{H5315}: for it is the blood{H1818} that maketh an atonement{H3722}{(H8762)} for the soul{H5315}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    for the life of the flesh is in the bloude, and I haue geuen it vnto you apon the alter, to make an attonement for youre soules,

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for the soule of ye body is in the bloude, and I haue geuen it you for the altare, that youre soules maye be reconcyled ther with:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it vnto you to offer vpon the altar, to make an atonemet for your soules: for this blood shall make an atonement for the soule.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the life of the fleshe is in the blood, and I haue geuen it vnto you vpon the aulter, to make an attonement for your soules: for this blood shall make an attonement for the soule.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to make atonement for your souls; for it `is' the blood which maketh atonement for the soul.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 9:22 : 22 And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 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 Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  • Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
  • Rom 5:9 : 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
  • Col 1:14 : 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:
  • Col 1:20 : 20 And having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether things on earth, or things in heaven.
  • Heb 13:12 : 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
  • Lev 17:14 : 14 For it is the life of all flesh; its blood is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.
  • Lev 8:15 : 15 And he killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement on it.
  • Lev 16:11 : 11 And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself:
  • Lev 16:14-19 : 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring its blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of meeting, which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out, and has made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bull, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar all around. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 17:12-15
    4 verses
    86%

    12 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.

    13 And whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, who hunts and catches any beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

    14 For it is the life of all flesh; its blood is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.

    15 And every soul that eats what died of itself, or what was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then shall he be clean.

  • Lev 17:8-10
    3 verses
    83%

    8 And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

    9 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the LORD; that man shall be cut off from among his people.

    10 And whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • Gen 9:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

    5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man.

  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.

    24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth like water.

  • Lev 7:25-28
    4 verses
    80%

    25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

    26 Moreover, you shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.

    27 Whatever soul it is that eats any blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

    28 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Deut 12:16
    76%

    16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

  • Deut 12:27
    75%

    27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God, and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh.

  • Lev 17:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

    4 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

  • Deut 15:23
    74%

    23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.

  • Lev 3:17
    74%

    17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.

  • Num 35:33
    74%

    33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

  • Heb 9:22
    73%

    22 And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

  • Heb 9:20
    73%

    20 Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."

  • Heb 13:11
    73%

    11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.

  • Lev 6:27
    73%

    27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy: and when some of its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in the holy place.

  • Ezek 33:25
    73%

    25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?

  • Lev 1:11
    73%

    11 And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle its blood all around upon the altar.

  • Ezek 39:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17 And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all sides to my sacrificial feast that I prepare for you, even a great sacrificial feast upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

    18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

    19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you.

  • Lev 10:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 'Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

    18 Indeed, its blood was not brought into the holy place; you should have certainly eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.'

  • Lev 5:9
    72%

    9 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering.

  • John 6:53
    72%

    53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

  • Heb 9:18
    72%

    18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

  • Lev 7:20
    72%

    20 But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belong to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 1:15
    72%

    15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out at the side of the altar:

  • Heb 9:13
    72%

    13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,

  • Num 18:17
    72%

    17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma to the LORD.

  • Lev 8:15
    71%

    15 And he killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement on it.

  • Exod 29:13
    71%

    13 And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

  • John 6:55
    71%

    55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

  • Heb 10:4
    71%

    4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

  • Lev 4:30
    71%

    30 And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all its blood at the base of the altar.

  • Lev 7:2
    71%

    2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering, they shall kill the trespass offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

  • Exod 29:16
    71%

    16 And you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar.