translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: LEV

label: NET study note

text: Beginning with 6:1 , the verse numbers through 6:30 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text ( BHS ), with 6:1 ET = 5:20 HT, 6:2 ET = 5:21 HT, 6:8 ET = 6:1 HT, etc., through 6:30 ET = 6:23 HT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English text and Hebrew text are again the same.


text: This paragraph is Lev 6:1-7 in the English Bible but Lev 5:20-26 in the Hebrew text. The quotation introduced by v. 1 extends from Lev 6:2 (5:21 HT) through 6:7 (5:26 HT), encompassing the third main section of guilt offering regulations. Compare the notes on Lev 1:1; 4:1; and 5:14 above.


text: Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4 .


text: Lev 6:8 in the English Bible = 6:1 in the Hebrew text. See also the note on 6:1 .


text: The following paragraphs are Lev 6:8-30 in the English Bible but 6:1-23 in the Hebrew text. This initial verse makes the special priestly regulations for the people’s burnt and grain offerings into a single unit (i.e., Lev 6:8-18 [ 6:1-11 HT]; cf. Lev 1-2 above). Note also the separate introductions for various priestly regulations in Lev 6:19 [12 HT], 24 [17 HT], and for the common people in Lev 7:22, 28 below.


text: See the note on Lev 2:2 .


text: See the note on Lev 6:8 [ 6:1 HT] above.


text: A tenth of an ephah is about 2.3 liters, one day’s ration for a single person (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:306).


text: See the note on Lev 6:8 [ 6:1 HT].