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Leviticus 21:20-22
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Leviticus 21:20-22
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20 or a hunchback, or a dwarf,[a] or one with a spot in his eye,[b] or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash,[c] or a crushed testicle. 21 No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward[d] to present the Lord’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God. 22 He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,
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- Leviticus 21:20 tn Heb “thin”; cf. NAB “weakly.” This could refer to either an exceptionally small (i.e., dwarfed) man (B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 146) or perhaps one with a “withered limb” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 342, 344).
- Leviticus 21:20 tn The term rendered “spot” derives from a root meaning “mixed” or “confused” (cf. NAB “walleyed”). It apparently refers to any kind of marked flaw in the eye that can be seen by others. Smr, Syriac, Tg. Onq., and Tg. Ps.-J. have plural “his eyes.”
- Leviticus 21:20 tn The exact meaning and medical reference of the terms rendered “festering eruption” and “feverish rash” is unknown, but see the translations and remarks in B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 146; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 342, 344, 349-50; and R. K. Harrison, NIDOTTE 1:890 and 2:461.
- Leviticus 21:21 tn Or “shall approach” (see HALOT 670 s.v. נגשׁ).
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