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Leviticus 6:14-16
New English Translation
Leviticus 6:14-16
New English Translation
The Grain Offering of the Common Person
14 “‘This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron are to present it[a] before the Lord in front of the altar, 15 and the priest[b] must take up with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering[c] and some of its olive oil, and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he must offer its memorial portion[d] up in smoke on the altar[e] as a soothing aroma to the Lord.[f] 16 Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left over from it. It must be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent.
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- Leviticus 6:14 tn Heb “offering it, the sons of Aaron.” The verb is a Hiphil infinitive absolute, which is used here in place of the finite verb as either a jussive (GKC 346 §113.cc, “let the sons of Aaron offer”) or more likely an injunctive in light of the verbs that follow (Joüon 2:430 §123.v, “the sons of Aaron shall/must offer”).
- Leviticus 6:15 tn Heb “and he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. The “he” refers to the officiating priest. A similar shift between singular and plural occurs in Lev 1:7-9, but see the note on Lev 1:7 and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 89 for the possibility of a textual defect.
- Leviticus 6:15 tn Heb “shall take up from it with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering.”
- Leviticus 6:15 sn See the note on Lev 2:2.
- Leviticus 6:15 tc Smr reading, which includes the locative ה (he, translated “on” the altar), is preferred here. This is the normal construction with the verb “offer up in smoke” in Lev 1-7 (see the note on Lev 1:9).
- Leviticus 6:15 tn Heb “and he shall offer up in smoke [on] the altar a soothing aroma, its memorial portion, to the Lord.”
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