Leviticus 20:3-4 New English Translation
3 I myself will set my face[a] against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people,[b] because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.[c] 4 If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes[d] to that man[e] when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death,
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- Leviticus 20:3 tn Heb “And I, I shall give my faces.”
- Leviticus 20:3 sn On the “cut off” penalty see the notes on Lev 7:20 and 17:4.
- Leviticus 20:3 tn Heb “for the sake of defiling my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.”
- Leviticus 20:4 tn Heb “And if shutting [infinitive absolute] they shut [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
- Leviticus 20:4 tn Heb “from that man” (so ASV); NASB “disregard that man.”
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