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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 12:23

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:23 the blood is the life: In this figure of speech, the means (blood) is equated with the effect (life). Since life is sacred, its vehicle, the blood, is also sacred (see also Lev 17:11).
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