Leviticus 1:14

From the Birds

1:14 “‘If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, 1  he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons. 2 

Leviticus 7:26

7:26 And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live. 3 

Leviticus 11:13

Clean and Unclean Birds

11:13 “‘These you are to detest from among the birds – they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: 4  the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Leviticus 11:46

11:46 This is the law 5  of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures 6  that swarm on the land,

Leviticus 14:49

14:49 Then he 7  is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop 8  to decontaminate 9  the house,

1 tn Heb “from the [category] ‘bird.’”

2 tn Heb “from the sons of the pigeon,” referring either to “young pigeons” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT) or “various species of pigeon” (contrast J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:168, with J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 14).

3 tn Heb “and any blood you must not eat in any of your dwelling places, to the bird and to the animal.”

4 tn For zoological remarks on the following list of birds see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:662-64; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 159-60.

5 sn The Hebrew term translated “law” (תוֹרָה, torah) introduces here a summary or colophon for all of Lev 11. Similar summaries are found in Lev 7:37-38; 13:59; 14:54-57; and 15:32-33.

6 tn Heb “for all the creatures.”

7 tn The pronoun “he” refers to the priest mentioned in the previous verse.

8 tn Regarding these ritual materials, see the note on v. 4 above.

9 tn Regarding the Piel of חָטָא (khata’, cf. v. 52) meaning to “decontaminate” or “perform a decontamination,” see the notes on Lev 8:15 and 9:15.

sn In Lev 8:15, for example, the “sin offering” is used to “decontaminate” the burnt offering altar. As argued above (see the note on v. 7 above), these ritual materials and the procedures performed with them do not constitute a “sin offering” (contrast vv. 19 and 31 above). In fact, no sin offering was required for the purification of a house.