² tn Heb “they had brought them into subjection for male and female slaves.” However, the qualification of “male and female” is already clear from the preceding and is unnecessary to the English sentence.

² tn Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase “sacred male prostitute” in v. 17.

¹ tn Heb “And with a male you shall not lay [as the] lyings of a woman” (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 123). The specific reference here is to homosexual intercourse between males.

¹ sn The shift here is from diseases that are on the (relatively) bare skin of the body to the scalp area of the male or female head or the bearded area of the male face.

³ tn Heb “a male and his female” (also a second time at the end of this verse). The terms used here for male and female animals (אִישׁ, ʾish and אִשָּׁה, ʾishah) normally refer to humans.

⁷ tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.

¹ tn The words “to get the scent of a male” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹ tn Heb “a man,” but the context here does not suggest that the proverb refers to males only.

¹ tn Heb “a man of faithfulness,” although the context does not indicate this should be limited only to males.

¹ tn Heb “a rich man,” although the context does not indicate that this is limited only to males.

³ tn Heb “and a man,” although the context does not indicate this should be limited to males only.

³ tn Heb “brothers,” although not limited to male siblings only. Cf. NRSV, CEV “in a family”; TEV “among friends.”

² tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

¹ tn Heb “And your male slave and your female slave.” Smr has these as plural terms, “slaves,” not singular.

² tn Heb “ from the nations which surround you, from them you shall buy male slave and female slave.”

² tn Heb “[as the] lyings of a woman.” The specific reference here is to homosexual intercourse between males.

³ tn Heb “a he-goat of goats, a male without defect”; cf. NLT “with no physical defects.”

¹ tn Heb “a male or female without defect he shall present it”; cf. NLT “must have no physical defects.”

² tn Heb “him”; the referent (the male or female servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the male or female servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.