Imamat 1:2

1:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When ¹  someone ²  among you presents an offering ³  to the Lord, ⁴  you ⁵  must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the herd or from the flock. ⁶ 

Imamat 5:6

5:6 and he must bring his penalty for guilt ⁷  to the Lord for his sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, whether a female sheep or a female goat, for a sin offering. So the priest will make atonement ⁸  on his behalf for ⁹  his sin.

Imamat 7:11

The Peace Offering

7:11 “‘This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he ¹⁰  is to present to the Lord.

Imamat 7:27

7:27 Any person who eats any blood – that person will be cut off from his people.’” ¹¹ 

Imamat 12:6

12:6 “‘When ¹²  the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb ¹³  for a burnt offering ¹⁴  and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering ¹⁵  to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest.

Imamat 13:14

13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it ¹⁶  he will be unclean,

Imamat 13:51

13:51 He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather – whatever the article into which the leather was made ¹⁷  – the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean.

Imamat 14:13-14

14:13 He must then slaughter ¹⁸  the male lamb in the place where ¹⁹  the sin offering ²⁰  and the burnt offering ²¹  are slaughtered, ²²  in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; ²³  it is most holy. 14:14 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, ²⁴  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ²⁵  of his right foot.

Imamat 14:25

14:25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, ²⁶  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ²⁷  of his right foot.

Imamat 20:1

Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship

20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Imamat 20:7

Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience

20:7 “‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Imamat 23:1

Regulations for Israel’s Appointed Times

23:1 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Imamat 23:33

The Festival of Booths

23:33 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Imamat 23:37

23:37 “‘These are the appointed times of the Lord that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the Lord – burnt offering, grain offering, sacrifice, and drink offerings, ²⁸  each day according to its regulation, ²⁹ 

Imamat 25:43

25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, ³⁰  but you must fear your God.

Imamat 27:4

27:4 If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.

[1:2]  ¹ tn “When” here translates the MT’s כִּי (ki, “if, when”), which regularly introduces main clauses in legislative contexts (see, e.g., Lev 2:1, 4; 4:2, etc.) in contrast to אִם (’im, “if”), which usually introduces subordinate sections (see, e.g., Lev 1:3, 10, 14; 2:5, 7, 14; 4:3, 13, etc.; cf. כִּי in Exod 21:2 and 7 as opposed to אִם in vv. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 11).

[1:2]  sn Lev 1:1-2 serves as a heading for Lev 1-3 (i.e., the basic regulations regarding the presentation of the burnt, grain, and peace offerings) and, at the same time, leads directly into the section on “burnt offerings” in Lev 1:3. In turn, Lev 1:3-17 divides into three subsections, all introduced by אִם “if” (Lev 1:3-9, 10-13, and 14-17, respectively). Similar patterns are discernible throughout Lev 1:2-6:7 [5:26 HT].

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “a man, human being” (אָדָם, ’adam), which in this case refers to any person among “mankind,” male or female, since women could also bring such offerings (see, e.g., Lev 12:6-8; 15:29-30; cf. HALOT 14 s.v. I אָדָם); cf. NIV “any of you.”

[1:2]  ³ tn The verb “presents” is cognate to the noun “offering” in v. 2 and throughout the book of Leviticus (both from the root קרב [qrb]). One could translate the verb “offers,” but this becomes awkward and, in fact, inaccurate in some passages. For example, in Lev 9:9 this verb is used for the presenting or giving of the blood to Aaron so that he could offer it to the Lord. The blood is certainly not being “offered” as an offering to Aaron there.

[1:2]  ⁴ tn The whole clause reads more literally, “A human being (אָדָם, ’adam), if he brings from among you an offering to the Lord.”

[1:2]  ⁵ tn The shift to the second person plural verb here corresponds to the previous second person plural pronoun “among you.” It is distinct from the regular pattern of third person singular verbs throughout the rest of Lev 1-3. This too labels Lev 1:1-2 as an introduction to all of Lev 1-3, not just the burnt offering regulations in Lev 1 (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:146; cf. note 3 above).

[1:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the domesticated animal, from the herd, and from the flock.” It is clear from the subsequent division between animals from the “herd” (בָּקָר, baqar, in Lev 1:3-9) and the “flock” (צֹאן, tso’n; see Lev 1:10-13) that the term for “domesticated animal” (בְּהֵמָה, bÿhemah) is a general term meant to introduce the category of pastoral quadrupeds. The stronger disjunctive accent over בְּהֵמָה in the MT as well as the lack of a vav (ו) between it and בָּקָר also suggest בְּהֵמָה is an overall category that includes both “herd” and “flock” quadrupeds.

[1:2]  sn The bird category (Lev 1:14-17) is not included in this introduction because bird offerings were, by and large, concessions to the poor (cf., e.g., Lev 5:7-10; 12:8; 14:21-32) and, therefore, not considered to be one of the primary categories of animal offerings.

[5:6]  ⁷ tn In this context the word for “guilt” (אָשָׁם, ’asham) refers to the “penalty” for incurring guilt, the so-called consequential אָשָׁם (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:303; cf. the note on Lev 5:1).

[5:6]  ⁸ sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).

[5:6]  ⁹ tn See the note on 4:26 regarding the use of מִן (min).

[7:11]  ¹⁰ tn This “he” pronoun refers to the offerer. Smr and LXX have plural “they.”

[7:27]  ¹¹ sn See the note on Lev 7:20.

[12:6]  ¹² tn Heb “And when” (so KJV, NASB). Many recent English versions leave the conjunction untranslated.

[12:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “a lamb the son of his year”; KJV “a lamb of the first year” (NRSV “in its first year”); NAB “a yearling lamb.”

[12:6]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on Lev 1:3 regarding the “burnt offering.”

[12:6]  ¹⁵ sn See the note on Lev 4:3 regarding the term “sin offering.”

[13:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and in the day of there appears in it living flesh.” Some English versions render this as “open sores” (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).

[13:51]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to all which the leather was made into a handiwork.”

[14:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “And he shall slaughter.”

[14:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the place which.”

[14:13]  ²⁰ sn See the note on Lev 4:3 regarding the term “sin offering.”

[14:13]  ²¹ sn See the note on Lev 1:3 regarding the “burnt offering.”

[14:13]  ²² tn Since the priest himself presents this offering as a wave offering (v. 12), it would seem that the offering is already in his hands and he would, therefore, be the one who slaughtered the male lamb in this instance rather than the offerer. Smr and LXX make the second verb “to slaughter” plural rather than singular, which suggests that it is to be taken as an impersonal passive (see J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:852).

[14:13]  ²³ tn Heb “the guilt offering, it [is] to the Lord.” Regarding the “guilt offering,” see the note on Lev 5:15.

[14:14]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and the priest shall put [literally ‘give’] on the lobe of the ear of the one being cleansed, the right one.”

[14:14]  ²⁵ tn The term for “big toe” (בֹּהֶן, bohen) is the same as that for “thumb.” It refers to the larger appendage on either the hand or the foot.

[14:25]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and the priest shall put [literally ‘give’] on the lobe of the ear of the one being cleansed, the right one.”

[14:25]  ²⁷ tn The term for “big toe” (בֹּהֶן, bohen) is the same as that for “thumb.” It refers to the larger appendage on either the hand or the foot.

[23:37]  ²⁸ tn The LXX has “[their] burnt offerings, and their sacrifices, and their drink offerings.”

[23:37]  ²⁹ tn Heb “a matter of a day in its day”; NAB “as prescribed for each day”; NRSV, NLT “each on its proper day.”

[25:43]  ³⁰ tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”