Leviticus 11:1

Clean and Unclean Land Creatures

11:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

Leviticus 13:1

Infections on the Skin

13:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Leviticus 14:33

Purification of Disease-Infected Houses

14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Leviticus 15:1

Male Bodily Discharges

15:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Leviticus 19:30

Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty

19:30 “‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 20:7-8

Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience

20:7 “‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. 20:8 You must be sure to obey my statutes.¹ I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Leviticus 21:15

21:15 He must not profane his children among his people,² for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

Leviticus 22:8

22:8 He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes³ or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:44

23:44 So Moses spoke to the Israelites about the appointed times of the Lord.⁴

Leviticus 24:12

24:12 So they placed him in custody until they were able⁵ to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.⁶

Leviticus 25:1

Regulations for the Sabbatical Year

25:1 The Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai:

Leviticus 26:2

26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence⁷ my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

¹tn Heb “And you shall keep my statutes 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 22:31, etc.).

¹tc The MT has literally, “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.

¹tn Heb “a carcass,” referring to the carcass of an animal that has died on its own, not the carcass of an animal slaughtered for sacrifice or killed by wild beasts. This has been clarified in the translation by supplying the phrase “of natural causes”; cf. NAB “that has died of itself”; TEV “that has died a natural death.”

¹sn E. S. Gerstenberger (Leviticus [OTL], 352) takes v. 44 to be an introduction to another set of festival regulations, perhaps something like those found in Exod 23:14-17. For others this verse reemphasizes the Mosaic authority of the preceding festival regulations (e.g., J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 390).

¹tn The words “until they were able” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

²tn The Hebrew here is awkward. A literal reading would be something like the following: “And they placed him in custody to give a clear decision [HALOT 976 s.v. פרשׁ qal] for themselves on the mouth of the Lord.” In any case, they were apparently waiting for a direct word from the Lord regarding this matter (see vv. 13ff).

¹tn Heb “and my sanctuary you shall fear.” Cf. NCV “respect”; CEV “honor.”