Leviticus 14:35

14:35 then whoever owns the house ¹  must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’

Leviticus 25:35

Debt and Slave Regulations

25:35 “‘If your brother ²  becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, ³  you must support ⁴  him; he must live ⁵  with you like a foreign resident. ⁶ 

Leviticus 25:53

25:53 He must be with the one who bought him ⁷  like a yearly hired worker. ⁸  The one who bought him ⁹  must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Leviticus 27:21

27:21 When it reverts ¹⁰  in the jubilee, the field will be holy to the Lord like a permanently dedicated field; ¹¹  it will become the priest’s property. ¹² 

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¹ tn Heb “who to him the house.”

² tn It is not clear to whom this refers. It is probably broader than “sibling” (cf. NRSV “any of your kin”; NLT “any of your Israelite relatives”) but some English versions take it to mean “fellow Israelite” (so TEV; cf. NAB, NIV “countrymen”) and others are ambiguous (cf. CEV “any of your people”).

³ tn Heb “and his hand slips with you.”

⁴ tn Heb “strengthen”; NASB “sustain.”

⁵ tn The form וָחַי (vakhay, “and shall live”) looks like the adjective “living,” but the MT form is simply the same verb written as a double ayin verb (see HALOT 309 s.v. חיה qal, and GKC 218 §76.i; cf. Lev 18:5).

⁶ tn Heb “a foreigner and resident,” which is probably to be combined (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 170-71).

⁷ tn Heb “be with him”; the referent (the one who bought him) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “As a hired worker year in year.”

⁹ tn Heb “He”; the referent (the one who bought him) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “When it goes out” (cf. Lev 25:25-34).

¹¹ tn Heb “like the field of the permanent dedication.” The Hebrew word חֵרֶם (kherem) is a much discussed term. In this and the following verses it refers in a general way to the fact that something is permanently devoted to the Lord and therefore cannot be redeemed (cf. v. 20b). See J. A. Naudé, NIDOTTE 2:276-77; N. Lohfink, TDOT 5:180-99, esp. pp. 184, 188, and 198-99; and the numerous explanations in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 483-85.

¹² tn Heb “to the priest it shall be his property.”