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redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling
those who have been defiled, sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more
will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without
blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Why did Christ have to shed His blood? Because the soul is in the blood. Yahshua
gave His soul in exchange for the soul of man so that man’s soul might not perish.

John 15:13
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life (psuche - soul) for his
friends.”

Christ rendered His soul as an offering that man’s soul might not die. The soul of
Christ, like all living beings, is in the blood. He had to shed His blood for man to be
redeemed from death. The penalty of sin was paid in full. Man’s soul might now live, for the
soul of the Son of God had been poured out in man’s place.

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the booty with
the strong; Because He poured out His soul (nephesh) to death...

That the soul of an animal or a man is in the blood is a concept that appears strange
to the mind of modern man. If you were to ask them where the soul of a man is, most could
not tell you.
Understanding that the soul is in the blood, consider why Yahweh forbid mankind to
eat the blood of animals. Man could use the flesh of an animal for food, but the soul was not
given to be a eaten. Why is this so? The body is of the earth, but the soul belongs to God.

Ezekiel 18:4
“Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is
Mine.”

The body was formed of the dust of the earth, and it would return to the earth. The
soul was formed by the breath of God, and it must return to God.

Psalms 104:29
You do hide Your face, they are dismayed; You do take away their spirit, they expire,
and return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who
gave it.

Blood could be poured on the altar as an offering to God, for the soul belongs to
Yahweh. Man, however, could not partake of it. Neither the souls of animals or people were
given to man for his consumption. The soul is holy unto God.
Partaking of blood is the same as partaking of the soul of another. This is made