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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it unto you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls, for blood shall make an atonement for the soul.
New American Standard Bible
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King 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.
Holman Bible
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for
International Standard Version
because the life of the flesh is in the blood itself, and I myself have given it to you all so that atonement may be made for your souls on the altar, since the blood itself makes atonement through the life that is in it.
A Conservative Version
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
American Standard Version
For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.
Amplified
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Bible in Basic English
For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.
Darby Translation
for the soul of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul.
Julia Smith Translation
For the soul of the flesh it is in the blood; and I gave it to you upon the altar to expiate for your souls: for the blood shall expiate for the soul.
King James 2000
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 makes an atonement for the soul.
Lexham Expanded 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.
Modern King James verseion
For the life of the flesh is in the blood. And I have given it to you on the altar to make an atonement for your souls. For it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
NET Bible
for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.
New Heart English Bible
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 souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
The Emphasized Bible
For as for the life of the flesh, in the blood, it is, therefore have, I, given it unto you upon the altar, to put a propitiatory-covering over your lives, - for the blood, it is, which, by virtue of the life, maketh propitiation.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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 souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
Youngs Literal Translation
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 souls; for it is the blood which maketh atonement for the soul.
Themes
Blood » Forbidden to be used as food
Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Atoning
Blood » Of legal sacrifices » For atonement
Blood » Sacrificial » Of atonement » Sprinkled on the mercy seat
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 17:11
Prayers for Leviticus 17:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eating Blood And Carcasses Prohibited
10 And whatsoever man it be of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among you that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will destroy him from among his people, 11 for the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it unto you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls, for blood shall make an atonement for the soul. 12 And therefore I said unto the children of Israel: See that no soul of you eat blood, nor yet any stranger that sojourneth among you.
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Cross References
Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are, by the law, purged with blood, and without shedding of blood, is no remission.
Matthew 26:28
This is my blood of the new testament, that shall be shed for many, for the forgiveness of sins.
1 John 1:7
but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Leviticus 17:14
For the life of all flesh is in the blood, 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 in his blood, and whosoever therefore eateth it shall perish.
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 for a mercy seat through faith in his blood, to show the righteousness which before him is of valour, in that he forgiveth the sins that are passed,
Romans 5:9
Much more then, now seeing we are justified in his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him.
Ephesians 1:7
By whom we have redemption through his blood, that is to say, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
Colossians 1:14
in whom we have redemption through his blood, that is to say, forgiveness of sins,
Colossians 1:20
and by him to reconcile all things unto himself, and to set at peace by him through the blood of his cross both things in heaven and things in earth.
Hebrews 13:12
Therefore Jesus, to sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Genesis 9:4
Only: the flesh with his life, which is his blood, see that ye eat not.
Leviticus 8:15
And when it was slain, Moses took of the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger and purified it, and poured the blood unto the bottom of the altar and sanctified it and reconciled it.
Leviticus 16:11
And Aaron shall bring the ox of his sin offering, and reconcile for himself and for his household, and kill him.
Leviticus 16:14-19
And he shall take of the blood of the ox and sprinkle it with his finger before the mercy seat eastward: even seven times.
Matthew 20:28
Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."
1 Peter 1:2
Elect by the foreknowledge of God the father, through the sanctifying of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace be multiplied.
1 John 2:2
And he it is that obtaineth grace for our sins; and not for our sins only, but also for the sins of all the world.