⁴ tn Heb “and his roots from below.”

¹ tn This could also be translated “for your every remembrance of me.” See discussion below.

² sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level that could be safely observed from above.

⁴ tn Heb “to turn from Sheol downward”; cf. NAB “the nether world below.”

² tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”

¹ tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

¹ tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

¹ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

¹ tn Or “throwing on”; “loading.” Some scholars take the participle to function imperativally, or as attendant circumstance—thus, “cast.” See below for discussion.

¹ sn The verse has been properly understood, on the whole, as comparing the earth above and all its produce with the upheaval down below.

³ tn The original LXX adds “or the sojourners who sojourn in your midst” (cf. Lev 16:29, etc., and note esp. 17:8, 10, and 13 below).

³ tn Heb “and the appearance of the infection is deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “deeper than”) the skin of the his flesh.” See the note on v. 20 below.

² tn Heb “and deep is not its appearance from the skin”; cf. NAB “does not seem to have penetrated below the skin.”

¹ tn Heb “then he.” This pronoun refers to the offerer, who was responsible for slaughtering the animal. Contrast v. 2 above and v. 5 below.

¹ tn Or “in the heaven.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven” depending on the context. Here, in contrast to “the earth below,” a reference to the sky is more likely.

² tn Or “approached.” This is a different verb than the one translated “arrived” in Matt 26:47 and below in v. 45, although in this context the meanings probably overlap.

³ tn The term יְסוֹד (y^esod, “foundation”) refers to the ground-level and below ground-level foundation stones of a city wall (Ps 137:7; Lam 4:11; Mic 1:6).

² tn Heb “If the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below be explored, then also I could reject all the seed of Israel for all they have done.”

² sn Countless generations of people have gone into the world below; yet “death” is never satisfied—it always takes more. The line personifies Death and Destruction. It forms the emblem in the parallelism.

² tn Heb “forgotten by the foot.” This means that there are people walking above on the ground, and the places below, these mines, are not noticed by the pedestrians above.