Discovery BoxLeviticus 6:18 
Context6:18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion 1 throughout your generations 2 from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts 3 must be holy.’” 4
Leviticus 6:29
Context6:29 Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy. 5
1 tn Or “a perpetual regulation”; cf. NASB “a permanent ordinance”; NRSV “as their perpetual due.”
2 tn Heb “for your generations”; cf. NIV “for the generations to come.”
3 tn Heb “touches them”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In this context “them” must refer to the “gifts” of the
4 tn Or “anyone/anything that touches them shall become holy” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:443-56). The question is whether this refers to the contagious nature of holy objects (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or whether it simply sets forth a demand that anyone who touches the holy gifts of the
5 tn Heb “holiness of holinesses [or holy of holies] it is” (also in 7:1).
