Leviticus 17:11 KJV
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.
Thou and Ye
- you, your more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Scofield Notes
- altar(1) The value of the "life" is the measure of the value of the "blood." This gives the blood of Christ its inconceivable value. When it was shed the sinless...
- bloodThe meaning of all sacrifice is here explained. Every offering was an execution of the sentence of the law upon a substitute for the offender, and every such...
- atonement(See Scofield "Ex 29:33").
Matthew Henry
- Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbiddenHere is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must eat no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force; the coming of the...
Thompson Chains
Parallel Passages
- Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
- Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
- Leviticus 17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
- Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
- Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
- Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
- Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
- Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
- Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
- Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
- Leviticus 8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
- Leviticus 16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
- Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- 1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
- 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Leviticus 16:14–19 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. …
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Topics
- Atonement Made by animal sacrifices
- Blood Is the life
- Sanitation Food
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For the life כִּי kî Conjunction נֶפֶשׁ nepeš נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
- of the flesh הַבָּשָׂר habbāśār בָּשָׂר Noun · masculine singular · with the
- in the blood בַּדָּם baddām דָּם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- and I have given וַאֲנִי waʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and נְתַתִּיו nĕtattîw נָתַן Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- it to you upon the altar הִוא hiwʾ Pronoun · third person feminine singular לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural עַל ʿal Preposition הַמִּזְבֵּחַ hammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with the
- to make an atonement לְכַפֵּר lĕkappēr כָּפַר Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition
- for your souls עַל ʿal Preposition נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם napšōtêkem נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- for it is the blood כִּי kî Conjunction הַדָּם haddām דָּם Noun · masculine singular · with the הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
- maketh an atonement יְכַפֵּר yĕkappēr כָּפַר Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
- for the soul בַּנֶּפֶשׁ bannepeš נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
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