Leviticus 17:11

New Century Version

This is because the life of the body is in the blood, and I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar to remove your sins so you will belong to the Lord. It is the blood that removes the sins, because it is life.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.

Leviticus 1:5

He must kill the young bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, must bring its blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.

Leviticus 16:11

“Then Aaron will offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, to remove the sins from him and his family so they will belong to the Lord; he will kill the bull for the sin offering for himself.

Leviticus 17:12

So I tell the people of Israel this: “None of you may eat blood, and no foreigner living among you may eat blood.”

Leviticus 17:14

If blood is still in the meat, the animal’s life is still in it. So I give this command to the people of Israel: “Don’t eat meat that still has blood in it, because the animal’s life is in its blood. Anyone who eats blood must be cut off.”

Leviticus 4:25

The priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering on his finger and put it on the corners of the altar of burnt offering. He must pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

Leviticus 4:26

He must burn all the goat’s fat on the altar in the same way he burns the fat of the fellowship offerings. In this way the priest removes the ruler’s sin so he belongs to the Lord, and the Lord will forgive him.

Leviticus 8:15

Moses killed the bull, took the blood, and with his finger put some of it on all the corners of the altar, to make it pure. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar. In this way he made it holy and ready for service to God.

Matthew 20:28

In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

Matthew 26:28

This is my blood which is the new agreement that God makes with his people. This blood is poured out for many to forgive their sins.

Mark 14:24

Then Jesus said, “This is my blood which is the newagreement that God makes with his people. This blood is poured out for many.

Romans 3:25

God sent him to die in our place to take away our sins. We receive forgiveness through faith in the blood of Jesus’ death. This showed that God always does what is right and fair, as in the past when he was patient and did not punish people for their sins.

Romans 5:9

So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger, because we have been made right with God by the blood of Christ’s death.

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are set free by the blood of his death, and so we have forgiveness of sins. How rich is God’s grace,

Deuteronomy 12:23

but be sure you don’t eat the blood, because the life is in the blood. Don’t eat the life with the meat.

Colossians 1:14

The Son paid for our sins, and in him we have forgiveness.

Colossians 1:20

And through Christ, God has brought all things back to himself again—things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace through the blood of Christ’s death on the cross.

Hebrews 13:12

So Jesus also suffered outside the city to make his people holy with his own blood.

Hebrews 9:22

The law says that almost everything must be made clean by blood, and sins cannot be forgiven without blood to show death.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours more and more.

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin.

1 John 2:2

He died in our place to take away our sins, and not only our sins but the sins of all people.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness, the first among those raised from the dead. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the One who loves us, who made us free from our sins with the blood of his death.