Text -- Leviticus 22:26-33 (NET)

22:26 The Lord spoke to Moses: 22:27 “When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the Lord. 22:28 You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young on the same day. 22:29 When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit. 22:30 On that very day it must be eaten; you must not leave any part of it over until morning. I am the Lord. 22:31 “You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the Lord. 22:32 You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the Lord who sanctifies you, 22:33 the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lev 22:27

¹ tn The words “the care of” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. Although many modern English versions render “with its mother” (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), the literal phrase “under its mother” refers to the young animal nursing from its mother. Cf. KJV, ASV “it shall be seven days under the dam,” which would probably be misunderstood.

² tn Heb “for an offering of a gift.”

NET Notes: Lev 22:28

¹ tn Heb “And an ox or a sheep, it and its son, you shall not slaughter.”

² tn Heb “in one day.”

NET Notes: Lev 22:29

¹ tn Heb “for your acceptance” (see the notes on Lev 1:3-4 and 22:19 above).

NET Notes: Lev 22:30

¹ tn Heb “On that day”; NIV, NCV “that same day.”

² tn Heb “from it.”

NET Notes: Lev 22:31

¹ tn Heb “And you shall keep my commandments and you shall do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8, etc.).

NET Notes: Lev 22:33

¹ tn Heb “to be to you for God.”