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Leviticus 17:11 - This verse indicates that the blood circulation is the key factor in physical life (a discovery made in 1616 by William Harvey). The blood carries water and nourishment to every cell, maintains the body's temperature, and removes the waste material from the body's cells. The blood also transmits the very breath of life, carrying the oxygen from the lungs throughout the body to all its cells. This verse confirms that the Biblical definition of “life” (Heb nephesh) does not include plants, which were created by God as food for man and animals. Thus plants do not “die” in the Biblical sense since they are merely complex replicating chemical systems. Death of animals containing life (the blood) results from the curse on man's dominion as a punishment for sin (Gen 1:26-28; 3:17-21). Dr. Henry Morris
