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Leviticus 22:16-18
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Leviticus 22:16-18
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16 and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt[a] when they eat their holy offerings,[b] for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings
17 The Lord spoke to Moses: 18 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man[c] from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners[d] in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings, which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering,
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- Leviticus 22:16 tn Heb “iniquity of guilt”; NASB “cause them to bear punishment for guilt.” The Hebrew word עָוֹן (ʾavon, “iniquity”) can designate either acts of iniquity or the penalty (i.e., punishment) for such acts.
- Leviticus 22:16 sn That is, when the lay people eat portions of offerings that should have been eaten only by priests and those who belonged to priestly households.
- Leviticus 22:18 tn Heb “Man, man.” The reduplication is a way of saying “any man” (cf. Lev 15:2; 17:3, etc.; see the distributive repetition of the noun in GKC 395-96 §123.c).
- Leviticus 22:18 tn Heb “foreigner [singular].” Some medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate add “who resides”: “the foreigner who resides in Israel” (cf., e.g., Lev 20:2 above).
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