Footnote

b In Genesis 2:7 this new Torah translation does not use the word “soul” but reads: “The LORD God formed man from the dust of the earth, and He blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.”

Instead of saying “dead soul” or “soul,” Numbers 6:6, 11; 19:13 uses the words “dead person” and “corpse” and “body” and “person,” and reads: LORD, he shall not go in where there is a dead person. The priest shall . . . make expiation on his behalf for the guilt that he incurred through the corpse. . . . Whoever touches a corpse, the body of a person who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the LORD’S Tabernacle; that person shall be cut off from Israel.” (Italics ours.)