Discovery BoxLeviticus 21:15 
Context21:15 He must not profane his children among his people, 1 for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”
Leviticus 23:29
Context23:29 Indeed, 2 any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. 3
Leviticus 26:12
Context26:12 I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.
1 tc The MT has literally, “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.
2 tn The particular כִּי (ki) is taken in an asseverative sense here (“Indeed,” see the NJPS translation).
3 tn Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the community.”
