complete verse (Leviticus 16:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “he is to take a bowl of fire (incense bowl) which he has filled with charcoal from the altar and then he places it in the Inner room of God. Then he scoops up with both hands finely ground things that smell sweet and take (it) to the Inner Room that is feared/honored.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From the altar which is before the LORD, he must fill his censor with coals and take two hand-full of special incense and thus enter the Most Holy Place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then he is-to-take a container/[lit. thing-to-put-something-in] of incense and he is-to-fill this with burning-coals/embers from the altar that (is) there inside the Tent. And he is-to- also -take two handfuls of refined/fine fragrant incense, and he is-to- bring this at the Most Holy Place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he must take some burning coals from the bronze altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place of the Sacred Tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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