Blood
The life-substance that carries the deepest sacrificial and covenantal significance in Scripture. Leviticus 17:11 declares, 'The life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar.' Passover lamb's blood protected Israel from the angel of death (Exodus 12:13). Moses sprinkled blood to ratify the covenant (Exodus 24:8). Hebrews 9:22 states, 'Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.' Christ's blood establishes the new covenant (Luke 22:20), redeems believers (1 Peter 1:18-19), cleanses from sin (1 John 1:7), and conquers the accuser (Revelation 12:11). Blood is the Bible's most potent symbol of costly, life-giving sacrifice.
Verses about Blood
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Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
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Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s…
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Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Genesis 37:22
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out …
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Genesis 37:26
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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Genesis 37:31
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
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Genesis 42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blo…
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Genesis 49:11
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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Exodus 4:9
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the r…
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Exodus 7:17
Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in…
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Exodus 7:19
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their riv…
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Exodus 7:20
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, a…
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Exodus 7:21
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throu…
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Exodus 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
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Exodus 12:13
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be …
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Exodus 12:22
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that …
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Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass ov…
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Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.