11:39 “‘Now if an animal 2 that you may eat dies, 3 whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.
1 tn Heb “holiness of holinesses [or holy of holies] it is”; NAB “most sacred”; TEV “very holy.”
2 tn This word for “animal” refers to land animal quadrupeds, not just any beast that dwells on the land (cf. 11:2).
3 tn Heb “which is food for you” or “which is for you to eat.”
4 tn Cf. v. 2a.
5 tn Heb “And a daughter of a priest, if she is to a man, a stranger” (cf. the note on v. 10 above).
6 tn Heb “she in the contribution of the holy offerings shall not eat.” For “contribution [offering]” see the note on Lev 7:14 and the literature cited there. Cf. NCV “the holy offerings”; TEV, NLT “the sacred offerings.”
7 tn That is, the produce of the land (fem.; cf. v. 7 above).
8 tn Heb “right of redemption shall be to him.”
9 tn Heb “and if he sells.”