Leviticus 24:17

24:17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, ¹  he must be put to death.

Leviticus 26:11

26:11 “‘I will put my tabernacle ²  in your midst and I will not abhor you. ³ 

[24:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And if a man strikes any soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] of mankind.” The idiom seems to derive from the idea of striking a fatal blow to the very “life” (literally, “soul”) of a human being, not just landing a blow on their body (HALOT 698 s.v. נכה hif.2). On the difficult of the meaning and significance of the term נֶפֶשׁ see the notes on Lev 17:10-11.

[26:11]  ² tn LXX codexes Vaticanus and Alexandrinus have “my covenant” rather than “my tabernacle.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “my dwelling.”

[26:11]  ³ tn Heb “and my soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] will not abhor you.”