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Hebrews 9:22

Hebrews 9:22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And almost all things are according to the Law purified with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission. The essentiality of blood, which is "the life of all flesh," for atonement and consequent remission, is emphatically asserted in Le 17:11, which expresses the principle of the whole sacrificial ritual.

The idea seems to be that the life of man is forfeit to Divine justice (cf. ), and so blood, representing life, must be offered instead of his life for atonement.

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