Leviticus 17:11

God's Word

because blood contains life. I have given this blood to you to make peace with me on the altar. Blood is needed to make peace with me.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

“But you are not to eat meat with blood in it. (Blood is life.)

Leviticus 1:5

Then slaughter the bull in the Lord’s presence. Aaron’s sons, the priests, will offer the blood. They will throw it against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 16:11

“Aaron will bring the bull. He will then slaughter it as his own offering for sin. By doing this he will make peace with the Lord for himself and his family.

Leviticus 17:12

That is why I have said to the people of Israel: Neither you nor foreigners should ever eat blood.

Leviticus 17:14

This is because the life of any creature is in its blood. So I have said to the people of Israel: Never eat any blood, because the life of any creature is in its blood. Whoever eats blood must be excluded ⌞from the people⌟.

Leviticus 4:25

Then the priest will take some of the blood of the offering for sin with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar for burnt offerings.

Leviticus 4:26

He will burn all the fat on the altar the same way the fat of the fellowship offering is burned. So the priest will make peace with the Lord for what the leader did wrong, and the leader will be forgiven.

Leviticus 8:15

When it was slaughtered, Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger and cleansed the altar from sins. He poured the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar and declared it holy so that priests could use it to make peace with the Lord.

Matthew 20:28

It’s the same way with the Son of Man. He didn’t come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

Matthew 26:28

This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people so that sins are forgiven.

Mark 14:24

He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people.

Romans 3:25

God showed that Christ is the throne of mercy where God’s approval is given through faith in Christ’s blood. In his patience God waited to deal with sins committed in the past.

Romans 5:9

Since Christ’s blood has now given us God’s approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God’s anger.

Ephesians 1:7

Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.

Deuteronomy 12:23

However, be sure you never eat blood, because blood contains life. Never eat the life with the meat.

Colossians 1:14

His Son paid the price to free us, which means that our sins are forgiven.

Colossians 1:20

God was also pleased to bring everything on earth and in heaven back to himself through Christ. He did this by making peace through Christ’s blood sacrificed on the cross.

Hebrews 13:12

That is why Jesus suffered outside the gates of Jerusalem. He suffered to make the people holy with his own blood.

Hebrews 9:22

As Moses’ Teachings tell us, blood was used to cleanse almost everything, because if no blood is shed, no sins can be forgiven.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father knew you long ago and chose you to live holy lives with the Spirit’s help so that you are obedient to Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. May good will  and peace fill your lives!

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light in the same way that God is in the light, we have a relationship with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from every sin.

1 John 2:2

He is the payment for our sins, and not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever  belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood