Meaning of “blood”

1. Blood — (1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:29). It has been held by some, and we think correctly, that this law of prohibition was only ceremonial and temporary; while others regard it as still binding on all. Blood was eaten by the Israelites after the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 14:32-34). (2.) The blood of sacrifices was caught by the priest in a basin, and then sprinkled seven times on the altar; that of the passover on the doorposts and lintels of the houses (Ex. 12; Lev. 4:5-7; 16:14-19). At the giving of the law (Ex. 24:8) the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled on the people as well as on the altar, and thus the people were consecrated to God, or entered into covenant with him, hence the blood of the covenant (Matt. 26:28; Heb. 9:19, 20; 10:29; 13:20). (3.) Human blood. The murderer was to be punished (Gen. 9:5). The blood of the murdered "crieth for vengeance" (Gen. 4:10). The "avenger of blood" was the nearest relative of the murdered, and he was required to avenge his death (Num. 35:24, 27). No satisfaction could be made for the guilt of murder (Num. 35:31). (4.) Blood used metaphorically to denote race (Acts 17:26), and as a symbol of slaughter (Isa. 34:3). To "wash the feet in blood" means to gain a great victory (Ps. 58:10). Wine, from its red colour, is called "the blood of the grape" (Gen. 49:11). Blood and water issued from our Saviour's side when it was pierced by the Roman soldier (John 19:34). This has led pathologists to the conclusion that the proper cause of Christ's death was rupture of the heart. (Comp. Ps. 69:20.)

2. Avenger of blood — (Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered person. It was his right and duty to slay the murderer (2 Sam. 14:7, 11) if he found him outside of a city of refuge. In order that this law might be guarded against abuse, Moses appointed six cities of refuge (Ex. 21:13; Num. 35:13; Deut. 19:1,9). These were in different parts of the country, and every facility was afforded the manslayer that he might flee to the city that lay nearest him for safety. Into the city of refuge the avenger durst not follow him. This arrangement applied only to cases where the death was not premeditated. The case had to be investigated by the authorities of the city, and the wilful murderer was on no account to be spared. He was regarded as an impure and polluted person, and was delivered up to the _goel_ (Deut. 19:11-13). If the offence was merely manslaughter, then the fugitive must remain within the city till the death of the high priest (Num. 35:25).

3. Bloody sweat — the sign and token of our Lord's great agony (Luke 22:44).

4. Jezreel, Blood of — the murder perpetrated here by Ahab and Jehu (Hos. 1:4; comp. 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 9:6-10).

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1. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

2. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

3. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 6 — Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

4. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 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 brother will I require the life of man.

5. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 4 — But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

6. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 31 — And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

7. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 26 — And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

8. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 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 of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

9. Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 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 blood is required.

10. Genesis Chapter 49 Verse 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:

11. Exodus Chapter 4 Verse 26 — So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

12. Exodus Chapter 4 Verse 25 — Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

13. Exodus Chapter 4 Verse 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 river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

14. Exodus Chapter 7 Verse 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 throughout all the land of Egypt.

15. Exodus Chapter 7 Verse 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, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

16. Exodus Chapter 7 Verse 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 rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

17. Exodus Chapter 7 Verse 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 the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

18. Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 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 over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

19. Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 22 — And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

20. Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 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 upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

21. Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 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.

22. Exodus Chapter 22 Verse 3 — If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

23. Exodus Chapter 22 Verse 2 — If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

24. Exodus Chapter 23 Verse 18 — Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

25. Exodus Chapter 24 Verse 8 — And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

26. Exodus Chapter 24 Verse 6 — And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

27. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 21 — And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

28. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 20 — Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

29. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 16 — And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

30. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 12 — And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

31. Exodus Chapter 30 Verse 10 — And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

32. Exodus Chapter 34 Verse 25 — Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

33. Leviticus Chapter 1 Verse 15 — And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

34. Leviticus Chapter 1 Verse 11 — And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

35. Leviticus Chapter 1 Verse 5 — And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

36. Leviticus Chapter 3 Verse 17 — It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

37. Leviticus Chapter 3 Verse 13 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

38. Leviticus Chapter 3 Verse 8 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

39. Leviticus Chapter 3 Verse 2 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

40. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 34 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

41. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 30 — And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

42. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 25 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

43. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 18 — And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

44. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 17 — And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.

45. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 16 — And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:

46. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 7 — And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

47. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 6 — And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

48. Leviticus Chapter 4 Verse 5 — And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

49. Leviticus Chapter 5 Verse 9 — And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

50. Leviticus Chapter 6 Verse 30 — And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

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