Leviticus 8:31

8:31 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket, just as I have commanded, 1  saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it,’

Leviticus 17:14

17:14 for the life of all flesh is its blood. 2  So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing 3  because the life of every living thing is its blood – all who eat it will be cut off. 4 

Leviticus 22:13

22:13 but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in 5  her father’s house as in her youth, 6  she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.

1 tn Several major ancient versions have the passive form of the verb (see BHS v. 31 note c; cf. Lev 8:35; 10:13). In that case we would translate, “just as I was commanded.”

2 tn Heb “for the life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) of all flesh, its blood in its life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ) it is.” The LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate leave out “in its life/soul,” which would naturally yield “for the life of all flesh, its blood it is” (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 261, 263). The present translation is something of an oversimplification, but the meaning is basically the same in any case. Cf. NRSV “For the life of every creature – its blood is its life.”

3 tn Heb “of all flesh” (also later in this verse). See the note on “every living thing” in v. 11.

4 tn For remarks on the “cut off” penalty see the note on v. 4 above.

5 tn Heb “to”; the words “live in” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

6 tn Heb “and seed there is not to her and she returns to the house of her father as her youth.” The mention of having “no children” appears to imply that her children, if she had any, should support her; this is made explicit by NLT’s “and has no children to support her.”