Leviticus 11:37-38

11:37 Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, ¹  it is clean, 11:38 but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

Leviticus 15:8

15:8 If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, ²  that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 25:35

Debt and Slave Regulations

25:35 “‘If your brother ³  becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, ⁴  you must support ⁵  him; he must live ⁶  with you like a foreign resident. ⁷ 

Leviticus 25:39

25:39 “‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “And if there falls from their carcass on any seed of sowing which shall be sown.”

² tn Heb “And if the man with a discharge spits in the clean one.”

³ tn It is not clear to whom this refers. It is probably broader than “sibling” (cf. NRSV “any of your kin”; NLT “any of your Israelite relatives”) but some English versions take it to mean “fellow Israelite” (so TEV; cf. NAB, NIV “countrymen”) and others are ambiguous (cf. CEV “any of your people”).

⁴ tn Heb “and his hand slips with you.”

⁵ tn Heb “strengthen”; NASB “sustain.”

⁶ tn The form וָחַי (vakhay, “and shall live”) looks like the adjective “living,” but the MT form is simply the same verb written as a double ayin verb (see HALOT 309 s.v. חיה qal, and GKC 218 §76.i; cf. Lev 18:5).

⁷ tn Heb “a foreigner and resident,” which is probably to be combined (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 170-71).

⁴ tn Heb “you shall not serve against him service of a slave.” A distinction is being made here between the status of slave and indentured servant.