V. 22.— And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. Almost all...— There were some exceptions; some things were purified with fire, others with water and the ashes of the red heifer, Numb. 31:23, 19:9, and without shedding of blood there was no remission. Hence the morning and evening sacrifices, and on the great day of atonement, Leviticus 16:30, of which it is said, “On that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.”