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 15:18

15:18 When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, ²  they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:32

15:32 This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission ³  and becomes unclean by it, ⁴ 

Leviticus 18:20-21

18:20 You must not have sexual intercourse ⁵  with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her. 18:21 You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, ⁶  so that you do not profane ⁷  the name of your God. I am the Lord!

Leviticus 27:30

Redemption of the Tithe

27:30 “‘Any tithe ⁸  of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

[11:37]  ¹ tn Heb “And if there falls from their carcass on any seed of sowing which shall be sown.”

[15:18]  ² tn Heb “And a woman who a man lies with her a lying of seed.”

[15:32]  ³ tn Heb “and who a lying of seed goes out from him.”

[15:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “to become unclean in it.”

[18:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “And to the wife of your fellow citizen you shall not give your layer for seed.” The meaning of “your layer” (שְׁכָבְתְּךָ, shÿkhavtÿkha) is uncertain (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 122, “you shall not place your layer of semen”; but cf. also J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 283, and the literature cited there for the rendering, “you shall not give your penis for seed”).

[18:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “And from your seed you shall not give to cause to pass over to Molech.” Smr (cf. also the LXX) has “to cause to serve” rather than “to cause to pass over.” For detailed remarks on Molech and Molech worship see N. H. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers (NCBC), 87-88; P. J. Budd, Leviticus (NCBC), 259-60; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 333-37, and the literature cited there. It could refer to either human sacrifice or a devotion of children to some sort of service of Molech, perhaps of a sexual sort (cf. Lev 20:2-5; 2 Kgs 23:10, etc.). The inclusion of this prohibition against Molech worship here may be due to some sexual connection of this kind, or perhaps simply to the lexical link between זֶרַע (zera’) meaning “seed, semen” in v. 20 but “offspring” in v. 21.

[18:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and you shall not profane.” Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

[27:30]  ⁶ tn On the “tithe” system in Israel, see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:1035-55 and esp. pp. 1041-42 on Lev 27:30-33.