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Leviticus 17:11

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11For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar forB your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.l

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Footnotes

  1. BOr to ransom

Cross references

  1. lMt 26:28; Mk 14:24; Rm 3:25; 5:9; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14,20; Heb 13:12; 1Jn 1:7; Rv 1:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.

NLTNew Living Translation

for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Indeed the flesh’s life is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, because it is the blood with the life that makes atonement.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.