Leviticus 11:20

Clean and Unclean Insects

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

Leviticus 13:18

A Boil on the Skin

13:18 “When someone’s body has a boil on its skin ²  and it heals,

Leviticus 16:4

16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, ³  linen leggings are to cover his body, ⁴  and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash ⁵  and wrap his head with a linen turban. ⁶  They are holy garments, so he must bathe ⁷  his body in water and put them on.

[11:20]  ¹ tn Heb “the one walking on four” (cf. vv. 21-23 and 27-28).

[13:18]  ² tc Heb (MT) reads, “And flesh if/when there is in it, in its skin, a boil.” Smr has only “in it,” not “in its skin,” and a few medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate have only “in its skin” (cf. v. 24 below), not “in it.” It does not effect the meaning of the verse, but one is tempted to suggest that “in it” (בוֹ, vo) was added in error as a partial dittography from the beginning of “in its skin” (בְעֹרוֹ, vÿ’oro).

[16:4]  ³ sn The term “tunic” refers to a shirt-like garment worn next to the skin and, therefore, put on first (cf. Exod 28:4, 39-40; 29:5, 8; 39:27). It covered the upper body only. For detailed remarks on the terminology for the priestly clothing in this verse (except the “linen leggings”) see the notes on Lev 8:7-9 and the literature cited there.

[16:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “shall be on his flesh.” As in many instances in Lev 15, the term “flesh” or “body” here is euphemistic for the male genitals (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:1017, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 222; cf. the note on Lev 15:2), which the priest must be careful not to expose during such ritual procedures (see Exod 20:26 with 28:42-43).

[16:4]  ⁵ sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist (Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29).

[16:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and in a turban of linen he shall wrap.”

[16:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he shall bathe….”