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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Leviticus 17:11

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls--God, as the sovereign author and proprietor of nature, reserved the blood to Himself and allowed men only one use of it--in the way of sacrifices.
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