Leviticus 19:26
Context19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. 1 You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. 2
Leviticus 21:15
Context21:15 He must not profane his children among his people, 3 for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”
Leviticus 26:11
Context26:11 “‘I will put my tabernacle 4 in your midst and I will not abhor you. 5


[19:26] 1 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] 2 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.
[21:15] 3 tc The MT has literally, “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.
[26:11] 5 tn LXX codexes Vaticanus and Alexandrinus have “my covenant” rather than “my tabernacle.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “my dwelling.”
[26:11] 6 tn Heb “and my soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] will not abhor you.”