After forbidding the Israelites to consume blood of any kind, God said: “The soul of the flesh is in the blood, and I myself have put it upon the altar for you to make atonement for your souls, because it is the blood that makes atonement by the soul in it. ”
इसके अतिरिक्‍त, मूसा की व्यवस्था लहू की पवित्रता पर परमेश्‍वर के ज़ोर देने का कारण समझने में हमारी मदद करती है ।