Leviticus 7:6

7:6 Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. ¹ 

Leviticus 11:12

11:12 Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:16

11:16 the eagle owl, ²  the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,

Leviticus 11:33

11:33 As for any clay vessel they fall into, ³  everything in it ⁴  will become unclean and you must break it.

Leviticus 11:37

11:37 Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, ⁵  it is clean,

Leviticus 15:2

15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man ⁶  has a discharge ⁷  from his body, ⁸  his discharge is unclean.

Leviticus 15:22

15:22 Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 18:6

Laws of Sexual Relations

18:6 “‘No man is to approach any close relative ⁹  to have sexual intercourse with her. ¹⁰  I am the Lord. ¹¹ 

Leviticus 23:7

23:7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work. ¹² 

Leviticus 23:29

23:29 Indeed, ¹³  any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. ¹⁴ 

Leviticus 24:15

24:15 Moreover, ¹⁵  you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If any man curses his God ¹⁶  he will bear responsibility for his sin,

Leviticus 27:29

27:29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated ¹⁷  must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

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¹ tn Heb “holiness of holinesses [or holy of holies] it is”; NAB “most sacred”; TEV “very holy.”

² tn Literally, “the daughter of the wasteland.” Various proposals for the species of bird referred to here include “owl” (KJV), “horned owl” (NIV, NCV), and “ostrich” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “And any earthenware vessel which shall fall from them into its midst.”

⁴ tn Heb “all which is in its midst.”

⁵ tn Heb “And if there falls from their carcass on any seed of sowing which shall be sown.”

⁶ tn Heb “Man man.” The reduplication is a way of saying “any man” (cf. Lev 17:3; 22:18, etc.; see the distributive repetition of the noun in GKC 395-96 §123.c).

⁷ tn The term “discharge” actually means “to flow,” whether referring to a full flow as at a spring of water (Ps 78:20 and parallels) or in reference to the promised land as “a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exod 3:8 and parallels).

⁸ tn Heb “man, man when there is a discharge from his flesh.” The repetition of the word “man” is distributive, meaning “any [or “every”] man” (GKC 395-96 §123.c). It is well-recognized that the term “flesh” (i.e., “body”) in this chapter refers regularly and euphemistically to the male and female genital members or areas of the body (HALOT 164 s.v. בָּשָׂר 5.b; see also, e.g., B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 93). The euphemism has been retained in this translation since it is, in fact, intended in the Hebrew text. Some English versions partially remove the euphemism (e.g., NAB “from his private parts”; NRSV “from his member”) while some remove it completely (e.g., NLT “a genital discharge”; TEV “from his penis”; CEV “with an infected penis”).

⁹ tn Heb “Man, man shall not draw near to any flesh (שְׁאֵר, shÿ’er) of his body/flesh (בָּשָׂר, basar).” The repetition of the word “man” is distributive, meaning “any (or “every”) man” (GKC 395-96 §123.c; cf. Lev 15:2). The two words for “flesh” are combined to refer to emphasize the physical familial relatedness (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 282, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 119).

¹⁰ tn Heb “to uncover [her] nakedness” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV), which is clearly euphemistic for sexual intercourse (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 282, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 119). This expression occurs a number of times in the following context and is generally translated “have sexual intercourse with [someone],” although in the case of the father mentioned in the following verse the expression may be connected to the shame or disgrace that would belong to the father whose wife’s sexuality is violated by his son. See the note on the word “mother” in v. 7.

¹¹ sn The general statement prohibiting sexual intercourse between close relatives serves as an opening summary statement for the following section, which gives details concerning which degrees of relationship are specifically forbidden.

¹² tn Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”

¹³ tn The particular כִּי (ki) is taken in an asseverative sense here (“Indeed,” see the NJPS translation).

¹⁴ tn Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the community.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “And.”

¹⁶ sn See the note on v. 11 above and esp. Exod 22:28 [27 HT].

¹⁷ tn Heb “permanently dedicated from among men.”