Discovery BoxLeviticus 12:3 
Context12:3 On 1 the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin 2 must be circumcised.
Leviticus 21:13
Context21:13 He must take a wife who is a virgin. 3
Leviticus 26:22
Context26:22 I will send the wild animals 4 against you and they will bereave you of your children, 5 annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population 6 so that your roads will become deserted.
1 tn Heb “and in….”
2 tn This rendering, “the flesh of his foreskin,” is literal. Based on Lev 15:2-3, one could argue that the Hebrew word for “flesh” here (בָּשָׂר, basar) is euphemistic for the male genitals and therefore translate “the foreskin of his member” (see, e.g., J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:748). A number of English versions omit this reference to the foreskin and mention only circumcision, presumably for euphemistic reasons (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “And he, a wife in her virginity he shall take.”
4 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.
5 tn The words “of your children” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
6 tn Heb “and diminish you.”
