Monday, November 10, 2008
Mark F. Rooker, The New American Commentary: Leviticus, vol.3A (Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman&Holman, 2000), p.236
Blood and life are associated as lexical pairs and thus understood as parallel in meaning in... Hebrew. Because of this close association blood is considered the source of life, and because blood represents life (Gen 9:4, Deut 12:23),it may expiate for life. Because the life of a creature is in the blood, blood makes atonement for one's life. One life is sacrificed for another. The shedding of the innocent victim was given for the life of the one who has sinned.
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