Lev 17:11, 14 | ESV | STEP | For the life of the flesh is in the blood , and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls , for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life .

b[Matt. 26:28; Mark 14:24; Rom. 3:25; 5:9; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14, 20; Heb. 13:12; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 1:5]

Leviticus 17:11

11 ^aFor the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar ^bto make atonement for your souls, ^cfor it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

Leviticus 17:14

14 For the life of every creature ^{▼▼Hebrew all flesh} is its ^eblood: its blood is its life. ^{▼▼Hebrew it is in its life} Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, 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.