6 Bible Verses about Vicarious Substitution

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Genesis 22:13

Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in the bushes. So he took the ram and sacrificed it in place of his son.

Genesis 44:33

Sir, I am your slave. Please let me stay here in place of Benjamin. Please let him return home with his brothers.

Numbers 3:12

Out of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites to be substitutes for every firstborn male offspring among them. The Levites are mine,

Numbers 8:16-18

They will be the only Israelites given to me. I have taken them to be mine as substitutes for every firstborn male offspring of the Israelites. When I killed all the first-born in Egypt, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites.

John 11:50

You do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people. That way the whole nation will not perish.

John 11:51

He did not say this from his own understanding. As high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation.

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