translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: LEV

label: NET study note

text: Regarding the “cut off” penalty, see the note on Lev 7:20 . Cf. the interpretive translation of TEV “he can never again serve at the altar.”


text: The diseases and discharges mentioned here are those described in Lev 13-15 .


text: The phrase “any of these” refers back to the unclean things touched in vv. 4 b-5.


text: When a person trespassed in regard to something sacred to the Lord , reparation was to be made for the trespass, involving restitution of that which was violated plus one fifth of its value as a fine. It is possible that the restoration of the offering and the additional one fifth of its value were made as a monetary payment (see, e.g., B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 150). See the regulations for the “guilt offering” in Lev 5:16; 6:5 [5:24 HT] and the notes there.


text: 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.


text: See the note on Lev 21:20 above.


text: This term for offering “gift” is explained in the note on Lev 1:9 .


text: The freewill offering was voluntary, so the regulations regarding it were more relaxed. Once a vow was made, the paying of it was not voluntary (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 151-52, for very helpful remarks on this verse).


text: Compare Lev 21:20 b.