Leviticus 13:16

13:16 If, however, ¹  the raw flesh once again turns white, ²  then he must come to the priest.

Leviticus 15:16

15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, ³  he must bathe his whole body in water ⁴  and be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 18:19

18:19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity ⁵  to have sexual intercourse with her.

Leviticus 19:4

19:4 Do not turn to idols, ⁶  and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:26

Blood, Hair, and Body

19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ⁷  You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ⁸ 

Leviticus 26:23-24

26:23 “‘If in spite of these things ⁹  you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me, ¹⁰  26:24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you ¹¹  seven times on account of your sins.

Leviticus 26:27

26:27 “‘If in spite of this ¹²  you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me, ¹³ 

[13:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Or if/when.”

[13:16]  ² tn Heb “the living flesh returns and is turned/changed to white.” The Hebrew verb “returns” is שׁוּב (shuv), which often functions adverbially when combined with a second verb as it is here (cf. “and is turned”) and, in such cases, is usually rendered “again” (see, e.g., GKC 386-87 §120.g). Another suggestion is that here שׁוּב means “to recede” (cf., e.g., 2 Kgs 20:9), so one could translate “the raw flesh recedes and turns white.” This would mean that the new “white” skin “has grown over” the raw flesh (B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 79).

[15:16]  ³ tn Heb “And a man when a lying of seed goes out from him”; KJV, ASV “any man’s seed of copulation”; NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT “an emission of semen.”

[15:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he shall bathe all his flesh in water.”

[18:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the menstruation of her impurity”; NIV “during the uncleanness of her monthly period.”

[19:4]  ⁷ sn Regarding the difficult etymology and meaning of the term for “idols” (אֱלִילִים, ’elilim), see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 126; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 304; N. H. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers (NBC), 89; and Judith M. Hadley, NIDOTTE 1:411. It appears to be a diminutive play on words with אֵל (’el, “god; God”) and, perhaps at the same time, recalls a common Semitic word for “worthless; weak; powerless; nothingness.” Snaith suggests a rendering of “worthless godlings.”

[19:26]  ⁹ 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.

[19:26]  ¹⁰ 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.

[26:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And if in these.”

[26:23]  ¹² tn Heb “with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in vv. 24 and 27.

[26:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “and I myself will also strike you.”

[26:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “And if in this.”

[26:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “with me.”