Discovery BoxLeviticus 18:25
Context18:25 Therefore 1 the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, 2 so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.
Leviticus 18:27
Context18:27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, 3 and the land has become unclean.
Leviticus 19:29
Context19:29 Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, 4 so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness. 5
Leviticus 25:23
Context25:23 The land must not be sold without reclaim 6 because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me. 7
Leviticus 27:30
Context27:30 “‘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.
[18:25] 1 tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative or even inferential force here.
[18:25] 2 tn Heb “and I have visited its [punishment for] iniquity on it.” See the note on Lev 17:16 above.
[18:27] 3 tn Heb “for all these abominations the men of the land who were before you have done.”
[19:29] 5 tn Heb “to make her practice harlotry.” Some recent English versions regard this as religious or temple prostitution (cf. TEV, CEV).
[19:29] 6 tn Heb “and the land become full of lewdness.” Regarding the term “lewdness,” see the note on Lev 18:17 above.
[25:23] 7 tn The term rendered “without reclaim” means that the land has been bought for the full price and is, therefore, not subject to reclaim under any circumstances. This was not to be done with land in ancient Israel (contrast the final full sale of houses in v. 30; see the evidence cited in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 174).
[25:23] 8 tn That is, the Israelites were strangers and residents who were attached to the
[27:30] 9 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.
