Leviticus 17:11

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.

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  • Heb 9:22 : 22 According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from 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, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
  • Mark 14:24 : 24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;
  • Rom 5:9 : 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
  • Col 1:14 : 14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;
  • Col 1:20 : 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
  • Heb 13:12 : 12 Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
  • Lev 17:14 : 14 For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of 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 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
  • Lev 8:15 : 15 He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
  • Lev 16:11 : 11 "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make 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 He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some 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 his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 and he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 No one shall be in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. 18 "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of the goat's blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar. 19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

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    23 Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

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

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

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    18 Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.

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    13 You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

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