Leviticus 6:18
ContextNET © | 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 |
NIV © | Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. It is his regular share of the offerings made to the LORD by fire for the generations to come. Whatever touches it will become holy.’" |
NASB © | ‘Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the LORD. Whoever touches them will become consecrated.’" |
NLT © | Any of Aaron’s male descendants, from generation to generation, may eat of the grain offering, because it is their regular share of the offerings given to the LORD by fire. Anyone or anything that touches this food will become holy." |
MSG © | Any male descendant among Aaron's sons may eat it. This is a fixed rule regarding GOD's gifts, stretching down the generations. Anyone who touches these offerings must be holy." |
BBE © | Every male among the children of Aaron may have it for food; it is their right for ever through all your generations, from the offerings made by fire to the Lord: anyone touching them will be holy. |
NRSV © | Every male among the descendants of Aaron shall eat of it, as their perpetual due throughout your generations, from the Lord’s offerings by fire; anything that touches them shall become holy. |
NKJV © | ‘All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Everyone who touches them must be holy.’" |
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NET © | 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 |
NET © Notes |
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 |