{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Weird Stuff in the Bible","title":"What it Means that there is ‘Life in the Blood’","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1886,"description":"When Noah stepped off the Ark, one of the first things God said…was weird. God told Noah things are gonna be different in this new world. First of all, you can eat animals now. However, you gotta do it right.\nGenesis 9:4\n\nBut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.\n\nIn other words, drain out all the blood before you consume the animal. And in the previous episode, we talked about why this command was probably given: because the giants of the pre-flood world were said to be cannibalistic and that they regularly consumed blood. By putting this command out there right as Noah got off the Ark, God was saying we don’t want to go back into the mindless violence and chaos of the pre-flood world. We’re not eating blood.\nAnd this command is so important, it’s repeated in the Levitical law, and again later in the New Testament.\nBut what I find most fascinating is the Hebrew behind this command. When it said “life” is in the blood, it’s the Hebrew word “nephesh,” and the main way this word is usually translated in the Bible is “soul.” So another way you could say this is that the soul is in the blood. \nWhich I find to be weird. And I’d like to explore what this means throughout the Bible.\nSo if you’d like to hear what I found, turn to Genesis 9, and let’s get weird.\n\n\nSign up for the weekly newsletter! Get additional insights and Bible study tips for unpacking strange things in scripture. Enter your email here:\nhttps://weirdstuffinthebible.beehiiv.com/\n\nCheck out the website! www.weirdstuffinthebible.com\n0:00 - Introduction4:30 - An Echo of the Soul12:15 - The Two Problems with Animal Sacrifices20:25 - A Better Way23:30 - So Don’t Eat Blood28:45 - Closing Thoughts\nVisit the Weird Stuff store!\nhttps://luketaylorpodcasts.creator-spring.com\n\nYou can also find a list of past newsletters at that same link so you never have to miss one.\nIf you want to get in touch, my email is weirdstuffinthebible@gmail.com\nHosted by Luke Taylor\nIf you’re intrigued by strange...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DJ0tfJ3XSg1opjzzlnBLv703XymHRviv_4zjUMvY4RU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjcw/Nzk2YTExZTI1NjBl/MTZmYjkzNDViM2Q3/NWJiMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}