"For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’" v.11
Read chapter 17.
How would you describe the soul? The Hebrew word for soul is nephesh and occurs 9 times in this chapter yet in 4 different English words: Person, life, soul, no one (vv.10-15 NKJV). So for example in this verse 11 should read "for the soul of the flesh is in the blood." This chapter speaks of the blood of dead animals and people which shows that they are mortal and subject to death for the soul is in the blood; THE SOUL DIES. In Ezekiel 18:4 we also read that the soul that sins dies. This makes sense as God alone is immortal (1 Timothy 6) and not something Israel believed. It wasn't until Plato and his theories intermixing with Christianity for the idea of the immortal soul. Do you agree or disagree? What else have you learned to describe the soul separate from the spirit?
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