For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Life, (anima). The sensitive soul depends on the blood. The soul and the blood are often used in the same sense. (Deuteronomy xii. 23 and Psalm xxix. 10.) Sanguine quærendi reditus animâque litandum---Argolicâ. (Virgil, Æneid ii.) (Calmet)