One of the doctrines of the gospel that will be familiar to readers of this blog is that of Jesus Christ’s substitutionary atonement by his blood. In the protestant doctrine of the Reformation, blood propitiates God’s wrath toward sin. Indeed, the author of Hebrews tells us that “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” (Heb 9:22). However, Leviticus 5:11–13 seems to contradict this rule.

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