11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for[a] your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.(A)

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  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or to ransom

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