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Leviticus 6:18-20
New English Translation
Leviticus 6:18-20
New English Translation
18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion[a] throughout your generations[b] from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts[c] must be holy.’”[d]
The Grain Offering of the Priests
19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:[e] 20 “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons which they must present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah[f] of choice wheat flour[g] as a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
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- Leviticus 6:18 tn Or “a perpetual regulation”; cf. NASB “a permanent ordinance”; NRSV “as their perpetual due.”
- Leviticus 6:18 tn Heb “for your generations”; cf. NIV “for the generations to come.”
- Leviticus 6:18 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 Lord.
- Leviticus 6:18 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 Lord must be a holy person (cf. CEV). See R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:900-902.
- Leviticus 6:19 sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT] above.
- Leviticus 6:20 sn A tenth of an ephah is about 2.3 liters, one day’s ration for a single person (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:306).
- Leviticus 6:20 tn For the rendering “choice wheat flour” see the note on Lev 2:1.
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