Leviticus 19:26

Blood, Hair, and Body

19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

Leviticus 21:15

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

Leviticus 26:11

26:11 “‘I will put my tabernacle in your midst and I will not abhor you.


tn Heb “You shall not eat on the blood.” See the extensive remarks in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 319-20, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 132-33. The LXX has “on the mountains,” suggesting that this is a prohibition against illegitimate places and occasions of worship, not the eating of blood.

tn Heb “You shall not practice divination and you shall not practice soothsaying”; cf. NRSV “practice augury or witchcraft.” For suggestions regarding the practices involved see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 133, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 320.

tc 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.

tn LXX codexes Vaticanus and Alexandrinus have “my covenant” rather than “my tabernacle.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “my dwelling.”

tn Heb “and my soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] will not abhor you.”