The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

by H. Clay Trumbull

[515] A traveler in Mauritius, describing a Hindoo sacrifice there, of a he-goat, in fulfilment of a vow, says: “It was killed on soft ground, where the blood would sink into the earth, and leave no trace” (Pike’s Sub-Tropical Rambles, p. 223). See also page [109], supra.

[516] Rom. 5 : 12-21.

[517] See Quarterly Statement, of Pales. Expl. Fund, for July 1885, pp. 197-207.

[518] The Temple, Its Ministry and Services, p. 88, f.

[519] The Old Test. in the Jewish Church, Notes on Lect. XII.

[520] See pages [11], [12], supra.

[521] Lev. 1 : 13, 17; 2 : 2, 12; 3 : 8, 26.

[522] Christian Institutions, Chap. 4.

[523] The Temple, Its Min. and Serv., p. 82.

[524] The Temple, Its Min. and Serv., p. 82.