Leviticus 14:53

14:53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city ¹  into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.

Leviticus 26:22

26:22 I will send the wild animals ²  against you and they will bereave you of your children, ³  annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population ⁴  so that your roads will become deserted.

Leviticus 26:25

26:25 I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. ⁵  Although ⁶  you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “to from outside to the city.”

² tn Heb “the animal of the field.” This collective singular has been translated as a plural. The expression “animal of the field” refers to a wild (i.e., nondomesticated) animal.

³ tn The words “of your children” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

⁴ tn Heb “and diminish you.”

⁵ tn Heb “vengeance of covenant”; cf. NAB “the avenger of my covenant.”

⁶ tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) has a concessive force in this context.

⁷ tn Heb “in hand of enemy,” but Tg. Ps.-J. and Tg. Neof. have “in the hands of your enemies” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 454).