Imamat 11:46-47

11:46 This is the law ¹  of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures ²  that swarm on the land, 11:47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”

Imamat 13:59

Summary of Infection Regulations

13:59 This is the law ³  of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. ⁴ 

Imamat 14:54-57

Summary of Purification Regulations for Infections

14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, ⁵  14:55 for the diseased garment, ⁶  for the house, ⁷  14:56 for the swelling, ⁸  for the scab, ⁹  and for the bright spot, ¹⁰  14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. ¹¹  This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” ¹² 

Imamat 15:32-33

15:32 This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission ¹³  and becomes unclean by it, ¹⁴  15:33 the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, ¹⁵  and a man ¹⁶  who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”

[11:46]  ¹ sn The Hebrew term translated “law” (תוֹרָה, torah) introduces here a summary or colophon for all of Lev 11. Similar summaries are found in Lev 7:37-38; 13:59; 14:54-57; and 15:32-33.

[11:46]  ² tn Heb “for all the creatures.”

[13:59]  ³ sn The Hebrew term translated “law” (תוֹרָה, torah) introduces here a summary or colophon for all of Lev 13. Similar summaries are found in Lev 7:37-38; 11:46-47; 14:54-57; and 15:32-33.

[13:59]  ⁴ tn These are declarative Piel forms of the verbs טָהֵר (taher) and טָמֵא (tame’) respectively (cf. the notes on vv. 3 and 6 above).

[14:54]  ⁵ tn Heb “and for the scall”; NASB “a scale”; NIV “any infectious skin disease.” Cf. Lev 13:29-37.

[14:55]  ⁶ sn Cf. Lev 13:47-59.

[14:55]  ⁷ sn Cf. Lev 14:33-53.

[14:56]  ⁸ sn Cf. Lev 13:9-28, 43.

[14:56]  ⁹ sn Cf. Lev 13:2.

[14:56]  ¹⁰ sn Cf. Lev 13:4, 18-28, 38-39. For explanations of all these terms for disease in Lev 14:56 see 13:2.

[14:57]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to teach in the day of the unclean and in the day of the clean.”

[14:57]  ¹² tn Heb “This is the law of the disease.” Some English versions specify this as “skin disease” (e.g., NIV, NLT), but then have to add “and (+ infectious NLT) mildew” (so NIV) because a house would not be infected with a skin disease.

[14:57]  sn For an explanation of the term “disease” see Lev 13:2.

[15:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “and who a lying of seed goes out from him.”

[15:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to become unclean in it.”

[15:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the one with a discharge, his discharge to the male and the female.”

[15:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and for a man.”