26:11 “‘I will put my tabernacle 4 in your midst and I will not abhor you. 5
1 tn Heb “and any blood you must not eat in any of your dwelling places, to the bird and to the animal.”
2 tn The plural “they” refers to the sons of Aaron (cf. v. 18). The LXX, Smr, and Syriac have singular “he,” referring to Aaron alone as in the latter half of the verse (the singular is followed here by NLT). Cf. NCV “Aaron’s sons put them.”
3 tn Heb “six of the row.”
4 tn LXX codexes Vaticanus and Alexandrinus have “my covenant” rather than “my tabernacle.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “my dwelling.”
5 tn Heb “and my soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] will not abhor you.”
5 tn Heb “And I will give your cities a waste”; NLT “make your cities desolate.”