Leviticus 11:2

11:2 “Tell the Israelites: ‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals ¹  that are on the land.

Leviticus 11:8

11:8 You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; ²  they are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:11

11:11 Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest.

Leviticus 11:39

Edible Land Quadrupeds

11:39 “‘Now if an animal ³  that you may eat dies, ⁴  whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:41

11:41 Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten.

Leviticus 16:9

16:9 Aaron must then present the goat which has been designated by lot for the Lord, ⁵  and he is to make it a sin offering,

Leviticus 19:7

19:7 If, however, it is eaten ⁶  on the third day, it is spoiled, ⁷  it will not be accepted,

Leviticus 19:12

19:12 You must not swear falsely ⁸  in my name, so that you do not profane ⁹  the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:30

22:30 On that very day ¹⁰  it must be eaten; you must not leave any part of it ¹¹  over until morning. I am the Lord.

¹ tn Heb “the animal,” but as a collective plural, and so throughout this chapter.

² sn The regulations against touching the carcasses of dead unclean animals (contrast the restriction against eating their flesh) is treated in more detail in Lev 11:24-28 (cf. also vv. 29-40). For the time being, this chapter continues to develop the issue of what can and cannot be eaten.

³ tn This word for “animal” refers to land animal quadrupeds, not just any beast that dwells on the land (cf. 11:2).

⁴ tn Heb “which is food for you” or “which is for you to eat.”

⁴ tn Heb “which the lot has gone up on it for the Lord.”

⁵ tn Heb “And if being eaten [infinitive absolute] it is eaten [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

⁶ tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422, on Lev 7:18.

⁶ tn Heb “And you shall not swear to the falsehood.”

⁷ tn Heb “and you shall not profane”; NAB “thus profaning.”

⁷ tn Heb “On that day”; NIV, NCV “that same day.”

⁸ tn Heb “from it.”