translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: LEV

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “on him”; the referent (Aaron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “girded him with the sash” (so NASB); NCV “tied the cloth belt around him.” sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist ( Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29 ).


text: Heb “girded him with.”


text: Although usually thought to be a “turban” (and so translated by the majority of English versions) this object might be only a “turban-like headband” wound around the forehead area ( HALOT 624 s.v. מִצְנֶפֶת ). sn The turban consisted of wound-up linen (cf. Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:31 ; Lev 16:4 ).


label: NET textual note

text: The MT has here “sash” (singular), but the context is clearly plural and Smr has it in the plural. tn Heb “girded them with sashes” (so NAB, NASB); NRSV “fastened sashes around them.”


text: Heb “wrapped headdresses to them”; cf. KJV “bonnets”; NASB, TEV “caps”; NIV, NCV “headbands”; NAB, NLT “turbans.” sn Notice that the priestly garments of Aaron’s sons are quite limited compared to those of Aaron himself, the high priest (cf. vv. 7-9 above). The terms for “tunic” and “sash” are the same but not the headgear (cf. Exod 28:40; 29:8-9; 39:27-29 ).


text: The verb is the Piel of חָטָא ( khata ’, “to sin”) and means “to de-sin” the altar. This verse is important for confirming the main purpose of the sin offering, which was to decontaminate the tabernacle and its furniture from any impurities. See the note on Lev 4:3 .


text: Similar to v. 10 above, “and consecrated it” refers to the effect of the blood manipulation earlier in the verse. The goal here was to consecrate the altar in order that it might become a place on which it would be appropriate “to make atonement” before the Lord .


text: Again, Aaron probably performed the slaughter and collected the fat parts (v. 16 a), but Moses presented it all on the altar (v. 16 b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).


text: Heb “toward the altar” (see the note on Lev 1:9 ).


text: Heb “he burned with fire,” an expression which is sometimes redundant in English, but here means “burned up,” “burned up entirely.”


text: Aaron probably did the slaughtering (cf. the notes on Lev 8:15-16 above).


text: Again, Aaron probably cut the ram up into parts (v. 20 a), but Moses presented them on the altar (v. 20 b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).


text: Heb “cut it into its parts.” One could translate here, “quartered it” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:133; cf. Lev 1:6, 12 above).


text: Again, Aaron probably did the washing (v. 21 a), but Moses presented the portions on the altar (v. 21 b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).


text: See Lev 1:9, 13 .


text: For “ordination offering” see Lev 7:37


text: Again, Aaron probably did the slaughtering (cf. the notes on Lev 8:15-16 above).


text: Heb “on the lobe of the ear of Aaron, the right one.”


text: The term for “big toe” ( בֹּהֶן , bohen ) is the same as that for “thumb.” It refers to the larger appendage on either the hand or the foot.


text: See Lev 3:9 .


text: See Lev 8:16 .


text: See Lev 7:32-34 .


text: See Lev 2:4 .


text: Heb “and he waved.” The subject of the verb “he waved” is Aaron, but Aaron’s sons also performed the action (see “Aaron and his sons” just previously). See the similar shifts from Moses to Aaron as the subject of the action above (vv. 15, 16, 19, 20, 23 ), and esp. the note on Lev 8:15 . In the present translation this is rendered as an adjectival clause (“who waved”) to indicate that the referent is not Moses but Aaron and his sons. Cf. CEV “who lifted it up”; NAB “whom he had wave” (with “he” referring to Moses here).


text: Several major ancient versions have the passive form of the verb (see BHS v. 31 note c; cf. Lev 8:35; 10:13 ). In that case we would translate, “just as I was commanded.”


text: Heb “but the remainder in the flesh and in the bread”; NAB, CEV “what is left over”; NRSV “what remains.”


text: Heb “because seven days he shall fill your hands”; KJV “for seven days shall he consecrate you”; CEV “ends seven days from now.” sn It is apparent that the term for “ordination offering” ( מִלֻּאִים , millu ’ im ; cf. Lev 7:37 and the note there) is closely related to the expression “he shall fill (Piel מִלֵּא , mille ’) your hands” in this verse. Some derive the terminology from the procedure in Lev 8:27-28 , but the term for “hands” there is actually “palms.” It seems more likely that it derives from the notion of putting the priestly responsibilities (or possibly its associated prebends) under their control (i.e., “filling their hands” with authority; see J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:538-39). The command “to keep the charge of the Lord ” in v. 35 and the expression “by the hand of Moses” (i.e., under the authoritative hand of Moses, v. 36 ) may also support this interpretation.


text: Heb “just as he has done” (cf. the note on v. 33 ).


text: Heb “the Lord has commanded to do” (cf. the note on v. 33 ).


text: Heb “by the hand of” (so KJV).