Leviticus 6:22

6:22 The high priest who succeeds him 1  from among his sons must do it. It is a perpetual statute; it must be offered up in smoke as a whole offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 8:35

8:35 You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

Leviticus 21:6

21:6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane 2  the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, 3  the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. 4 

Leviticus 22:21

22:21 If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord for a special votive offering 5  or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; 6  it must have no flaw. 7 

1 tn Heb “And the anointed priest under him.”

2 sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

3 sn Regarding the Hebrew term for “gifts,” see the note on Lev 1:9 above (cf. also 3:11 and 16 in combination with the word for “food” that follows in the next phrase here).

4 tc Smr and all early versions have the plural adjective “holy” rather than the MT singular noun “holiness.”

5 tn The meaning of the expression לְפַלֵּא־נֶדֶר (lÿfalle’-neder) rendered here “for a special votive offering” is much debated. Some take it as an expression for fulfilling a vow, “to fulfill a vow” (e.g., HALOT 927-28 s.v. פלא piel and NASB; cf. NAB, NRSV “in fulfillment of a vow”) or, alternatively, “to make a vow” or “for making a vow” (HALOT 928 s.v. פלא piel [II פלא]). Perhaps it refers to the making a special vow, from the verb פָלַא (pala’, “to be wonderful, to be remarkable”); cf. J. Milgrom, Numbers (JPSTC), 44. B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 151 and 193, suggests that this is a special term for “setting aside a votive offering” (related to פָלָה [palah, “to set aside”]). In general, the point of the expression seems to be that this sacrifice arises as a special gift to God out of special circumstances in the life of the worshiper.

6 tn Heb “for acceptance”; NAB “if it is to find acceptance.”

7 tn Heb “all/any flaw shall not be in it.”