Imamat 7:36

7:36 This is what the Lord commanded to give to them from the Israelites on the day Moses ¹  anointed them ²  – a perpetual allotted portion throughout their generations. ³ 

Imamat 10:9

10:9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, ⁴ 

Imamat 18:30

18:30 You must obey my charge to not practice any of the abominable statutes ⁵  that have been done before you, so that you do not ⁶  defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.’”

Imamat 20:23

20:23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation ⁷  which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

Imamat 23:21

23:21 “‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. ⁸  You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations. ⁹ 

[7:36]  ¹ tn Heb “the day he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:36]  ² tn Heb “which the Lord commanded to give to them in the day he anointed them from the children of Israel.” Thus v. 36 is tied syntactically to v. 35 (see the note there).

[7:36]  ³ tn Heb “for your generations”; cf. NIV “for the generations to come”; TEV “for all time to come.”

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “a perpetual statute for your generations”; NAB “a perpetual ordinance”; NRSV “a statute forever”; NLT “a permanent law.” The Hebrew grammar here suggests that the last portion of v. 9 functions as both a conclusion to v. 9 and an introduction to vv. 10-11. It is a pivot clause, as it were. Thus, it was a “perpetual statute” to not drink alcoholic beverages when ministering in the tabernacle, but it was also a “perpetual statue” to distinguish between holy and profane and unclean and clean (v. 10) as well as to teach the children of Israel all such statutes (v. 11).

[18:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “to not do from the statutes of the detestable acts.”

[18:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “and you will not.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

[20:23]  ⁷ tc One medieval Hebrew ms, Smr, and all the major ancient versions have the plural “nations.” Some English versions retain the singular (e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV); others have the plural “nations” (e.g., NAB, NIV) and still others translate as “people” (e.g., TEV, NLT).

[23:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “And you shall proclaim [an assembly] in the bone of this day; a holy assembly it shall be to you” (see the remarks in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 160, and the remarks on the LXX rendering in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 367).

[23:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “for your generations.”