Leviticus 17:11

Modern English Version

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 for the soul.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

“Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Leviticus 1:5

And he shall slaughter the bull before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood on all the sides of the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 16:11

Aaron shall bring 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 for himself.

Leviticus 17:12

Therefore I said to the Israelites: No person among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.

Leviticus 17:14

For the life of every creature is its blood; in its blood is its life. Therefore I said to the Israelites: You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

Leviticus 4:25

The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering on his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he shall pour out its blood at the base of the altar of the burnt offering.

Leviticus 4:26

And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace sacrifice, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

Leviticus 8:15

He slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar around it with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it to make reconciliation on it.

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 26:28

For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Mark 14:24

He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.

Romans 3:25

whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith, in His blood, for a demonstration of His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins previously committed,

Romans 5:9

How much more then, being now justified by His blood, shall we be saved from wrath through Him.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,

Deuteronomy 12:23

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.

Colossians 1:14

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:20

and to reconcile all things to Himself by Him, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him, I say—whether they are things in earth, or things in heaven.

Hebrews 13:12

Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

Hebrews 9:22

And according to the law almost everything must be cleansed with blood; without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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 cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 2:2

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

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, 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,