11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for  * 17:11 Or to ransom your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.  * 17:11 Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24; Rm 3:25; 5:9; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14,20; Heb 13:12; 1Jn 1:7; Rv 1:5