07-11-2022, 10:15 PM
Yes, what you said, that's what Paul means, I think. And I would assume that you also know the parallel text in the Hebrew Bible to which he refers. I don't understand what you need to know and where my limits are.
Very briefly, I took these verses from www.chabad.org:
Blood has the power to atone (Leviticus 17:11)
For the soul of the flesh is in the blood, and I have therefore given it to you [to be placed] upon the altar, to atone for your souls. For it is the blood that atones for the soul.
Moses cleansed the altar with blood (Leviticus 8:15)
And he slaughtered [it], and Moses took the blood, and placed it on the horns of the altar, around, with his finger, and he purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it [the altar], to effect atonement upon it.
Very briefly, I took these verses from www.chabad.org:
Blood has the power to atone (Leviticus 17:11)
For the soul of the flesh is in the blood, and I have therefore given it to you [to be placed] upon the altar, to atone for your souls. For it is the blood that atones for the soul.
Moses cleansed the altar with blood (Leviticus 8:15)
And he slaughtered [it], and Moses took the blood, and placed it on the horns of the altar, around, with his finger, and he purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it [the altar], to effect atonement upon it.