Imamat 6:18

6:18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion ¹  throughout your generations ²  from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts ³  must be holy.’” ⁴ 

Imamat 7:27

7:27 Any person who eats any blood – that person will be cut off from his people.’” ⁵ 

Imamat 20:1

Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship

20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Imamat 21:16

Rules for the Priesthood

21:16 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Imamat 24:17

24:17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, ⁶  he must be put to death.

Imamat 25:13

Release of Landed Property

25:13 “‘In this year of jubilee you must each return ⁷  to your property.

[6:18]  ¹ tn Or “a perpetual regulation”; cf. NASB “a permanent ordinance”; NRSV “as their perpetual due.”

[6:18]  ² tn Heb “for your generations”; cf. NIV “for the generations to come.”

[6:18]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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.

[7:27]  ⁵ sn See the note on Lev 7:20.

[24:17]  ⁶ 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.

[25:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “you [plural] shall return, a man.”