Imamat 3:17

3:17 This is ¹  a perpetual statute throughout your generations ²  in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’” ³ 

Imamat 6:18

6:18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion ⁴  throughout your generations ⁵  from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts ⁶  must be holy.’” ⁷ 

Imamat 17:7

17:7 So they must no longer offer ⁸  their sacrifices to the goat demons, ⁹  acting like prostitutes by going after them. ¹⁰  This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. ¹¹ 

[3:17]  ¹ tn The words “This is” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied due to requirements of English style.

[3:17]  ² tn Heb “for your generations”; NAB “for your descendants”; NLT “for you and all your descendants.”

[3:17]  ³ tn Heb “all fat and all blood you must not eat.”

[6:18]  ⁴ tn Or “a perpetual regulation”; cf. NASB “a permanent ordinance”; NRSV “as their perpetual due.”

[6:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “for your generations”; cf. NIV “for the generations to come.”

[6:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “touches them”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In this context “them” must refer to the “gifts” of the Lord.

[6:18]  ⁷ tn Or “anyone/anything that touches them shall become holy” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:443-56). The question is whether this refers to the contagious nature of holy objects (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or whether it simply sets forth a demand that anyone who touches the holy gifts of the Lord must be a holy person (cf. CEV). See R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:900-902.

[17:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “sacrifice.” This has been translated as “offer” for stylistic reasons to avoid the redundancy of “sacrifice their sacrifices.”

[17:7]  ⁹ tn On “goat demons” of the desert regions see the note on Lev 16:8.

[17:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “which they are committing harlotry after them.”

[17:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for your generations.”