Leviticus 13:23

13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, ¹  it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean. ² 

Leviticus 19:16

19:16 You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. ³  You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. ⁴  I am the Lord.

Leviticus 13:28

13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, ⁵  and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, ⁶  because it is the scar of the burn.

Leviticus 18:23

18:23 You must not have sexual intercourse ⁷  with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it; ⁸  it is a perversion. ⁹ 

[13:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread.”

[13:23]  ² tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).

[19:16]  ³ tn The term רָכִיל (rakhil) is traditionally rendered “slanderer” here (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; see also J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 304, 316), but the exact meaning is uncertain (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 129). It is sometimes related to I רָכַל (“to go about as a trader [or “merchant”]”; BDB 940 s.v. רָכַל), and taken to refer to cutthroat business dealings, but there may be a II רָכַל, the meaning of which is dubious (HALOT 1237 s.v. II *רכל). Some would render it “to go about as a spy.”

[19:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “You shall not stand on the blood of your neighbor.” This part of the verse is also difficult to interpret. The rendering here suggests that one will not allow a neighbor to be victimized, whether in court (cf. v. 15) or in any other situation (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 129).

[13:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread in the skin.”

[13:28]  ⁶ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).

[18:23]  ⁷ tn See the note on v. 20 above.

[18:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “to copulate with it” (cf. Lev 20:16).

[18:23]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term תֶּבֶל (tevel, “perversion”) derives from the verb “to mix; to confuse” and therefore refers to illegitimate mixtures of species or violation of the natural order of things.