Imamat 4:22

For the Leader

4:22 “‘Whenever ¹  a leader, by straying unintentionally, ²  sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, ³  and he pleads guilty,

Imamat 18:28

18:28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it ⁴  just as it has vomited out the nations ⁵  that were before you.

Imamat 26:27

26:27 “‘If in spite of this ⁶  you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me, ⁷ 

[4:22]  ¹ tn This section begins with the relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר (’asher) which usually means “who” or “which,” but here means “whenever.”

[4:22]  ² tn See the Lev 4:2 note on “straying.”

[4:22]  ³ tn Heb “and does one from all the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be done”; cf. NRSV “ought not to be done”; NIV “does what is forbidden in any of the commands.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the land will not vomit you out in your defiling it.”

[18:28]  ⁵ tc The MT reads the singular “nation” and is followed by ASV, NASB, NRSV; the LXX, Syriac, and Targum have the plural “nations” (cf. v. 24).

[26:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “And if in this.”

[26:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “with me.”