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The Blood

Blood that cries out, and blood that speaks a better word.

  1. Genesis 4:10

    “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

    The first murder. Abel's blood cries out to God from the ground for justice.

  2. Exodus 12:13

    The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

    The blood on the doorposts is a sign: the people under the blood are safe.

  3. Leviticus 17:11

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

    God explains why: the life of a creature is in the blood, and He has given it to make atonement.

  4. Exodus 24:8

    So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

    Moses sprinkles blood on the people: “This is the blood of the covenant.”

  5. Matthew 26:28

    This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

    At the Last Supper Jesus uses Moses' words about himself: “This is My blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

  6. Hebrews 9:22

    According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

    Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

  7. Hebrews 12:24

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

    Jesus' blood “speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” Abel's blood cried for justice; Jesus' blood cries for mercy.

  8. 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

    The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.

  9. Revelation 12:11

    They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

    God's people overcome the accuser by the blood of the Lamb.

Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

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