complete verse (Exodus 30:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 30:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do a ritual in that way so that they are cleansed completely. Nothing unclean should touch it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Purify these all and these will be the most sacred. Whatever touches these anointing things will be holy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) are-to-dedicate these things so-that they will-be very holy. Whatever touches them should be-set-apart/separated from others.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “You (sing.) will pour out this oil onto all these things in order to place my mark of ownership onto them for them to be my own. And if anything touches those things, it also has a mark of ownership and so becomes mine.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “That is how you will consecrate it [so that] it be sacred. And that which will touch it all, it will be sacred also.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Dedicate them by anointing them, in order that they will be completely holy/sacred. Anyone or anything that touches the altar will become taboo.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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