11 (A)For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar (B)to make atonement for your souls, (C)for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

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11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(A) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood

22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and (A)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

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22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,(A) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(B)

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