Translations
Louis Segond 1910
car il est impossible que le sang des taureaux et des boucs ôte les péchés.
KJV
For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
KJV
Greek original
ἀδύνατον γὰρ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμαρτίας
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