Leviticus 11:20

Clean and Unclean Insects

11:20 “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours 1  is detestable to you.

Leviticus 18:4

18:4 You must observe my regulations 2  and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. 3  I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:16

19:16 You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. 4  You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. 5  I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:12

26:12 I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.

Leviticus 26:24

26:24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you 6  seven times on account of your sins.

Leviticus 26:28

26:28 I will walk in hostile rage against you 7  and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

1 tn Heb “the one walking on four” (cf. vv. 21-23 and 27-28).

2 tn Heb “My regulations you shall do”; KJV, NASB “my judgments”; NRSV “My ordinances”; NIV, TEV “my laws.”

3 tn Heb “and my statutes you shall keep [or “watch; guard”] to walk in them.”

3 tn The term רָכִיל (rakhil) is traditionally rendered “slanderer” here (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; see also J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 304, 316), but the exact meaning is uncertain (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 129). It is sometimes related to I רָכַל (“to go about as a trader [or “merchant”]”; BDB 940 s.v. רָכַל), and taken to refer to cutthroat business dealings, but there may be a II רָכַל, the meaning of which is dubious (HALOT 1237 s.v. II *רכל). Some would render it “to go about as a spy.”

4 tn Heb “You shall not stand on the blood of your neighbor.” This part of the verse is also difficult to interpret. The rendering here suggests that one will not allow a neighbor to be victimized, whether in court (cf. v. 15) or in any other situation (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 129).

4 tn Heb “and I myself will also strike you.”

5 tn Heb “in rage of hostility with you”; NASB “with wrathful hostility”; NRSV “I will continue hostile to you in fury”; CEV “I’ll get really furious.”