Leviticus 11:8

11:8 You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; ¹  they are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:11

11:11 Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest.

Leviticus 19:26

Blood, Hair, and Body

19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ²  You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ³ 

Leviticus 23:42

23:42 You must live in temporary shelters ⁴  for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters,

Leviticus 25:37

25:37 You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit. ⁵ 

Leviticus 27:29

27:29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated ⁶  must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

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¹ sn The regulations against touching the carcasses of dead unclean animals (contrast the restriction against eating their flesh) is treated in more detail in Lev 11:24-28 (cf. also vv. 29-40). For the time being, this chapter continues to develop the issue of what can and cannot be eaten.

² tn Heb “You shall not eat on the blood.” See the extensive remarks in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 319-20, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 132-33. The LXX has “on the mountains,” suggesting that this is a prohibition against illegitimate places and occasions of worship, not the eating of blood.

³ tn Heb “You shall not practice divination and you shall not practice soothsaying”; cf. NRSV “practice augury or witchcraft.” For suggestions regarding the practices involved see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 133, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 320.

⁴ tn Heb “in the huts” (again at the end of this verse and in v. 43), perhaps referring to temporary shelters (i.e., huts) made of the foliage referred to in v. 40 (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 389).

⁵ tn Heb “your money” and “your food.” With regard to “interest” and “profit” see the note on v. 36 above.

⁶ tn Heb “permanently dedicated from among men.”