Study it in the app“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make expiation for your lives; for it is the blood that makes expiation by means of the life.”
Forכִּיthe lifeנֶפֶשׁof the fleshהַבָּשָׂרisהִואin the blood,בַּדָּםand Iוַאֲנִיhave given itנְתַתִּיוto youלָכֶםonעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַto make expiationלְכַפֵּרforעַלyour lives;נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםforכִּיit is the bloodהַדָּם הוּאthat makes expiationיְכַפֵּרby means of the life.בַּנֶּפֶשׁ
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netati” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsatone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “chaper” appearsHebrews 9:22 says, “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness”; and 1 John 1:7, that “the blood of Jesus” cleanses from all sin.
10And any man of the house of Israel or of the resident aliens who reside among them, who eats any blood, I will set my face against the person who eats the blood, and I will cut that person off from among their people.
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12Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel: No person among you shall eat blood, and the resident alien who resides among you shall not eat blood.
