Leviticus 17:3
New English Translation
3 “Blood guilt[a] will be accounted to any man[b] from the house of Israel[c] who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp,[d]
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- Leviticus 17:3 tn The complex wording of vv. 3-4 requires stating “blood guilt” at the beginning of v. 3 even though it is not mentioned until the middle of v. 4. The Hebrew text has simply “blood,” but in this case it refers to the illegitimate shedding of animal blood, similar to the shedding of the blood of an innocent human being (Deut 19:10, etc.). In order for it to be legitimate the animal must be slaughtered at the tabernacle and its blood handled by the priests in the prescribed way (see, e.g., Lev 1:5; 3:2, 17; 4:5-7; 7:26-27, etc.; cf. vv. 10-16 below for more details).
- Leviticus 17:3 tn Heb “Man man.” The reduplication is a way of saying “any man” (cf. Lev 15:2; 22:18, etc.). See the note on Lev 15:2.
- Leviticus 17:3 tn The original LXX adds “or the sojourners who sojourn in your midst” (cf. Lev 16:29, etc., and note esp. 17:8, 10, and 13 below).
- Leviticus 17:3 tn Heb “or who slaughters from outside to the camp.”
Leviticus 17:3
New International Version
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- Leviticus 17:3 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
Leviticus 17:3
King James Version
3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
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Leviticus 17:3
New King James Version
3 “Whatever man of the house of Israel who (A)kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
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