complete verse (Leviticus 12:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The woman must stay for thirty-three days in which she does not touch anything clean/holy or come near a holy place until she comes out from her period of uncleanness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then to become clean, that woman must wait 33 days until she is purified from the bleeding of childbirth. Until she is purified it is not OK for her to touch any clean thing and is it also not OK for her to go to the holy place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Because of the continuous coming-out of her blood, she must-wait for yet 33 days before she will-be-considered clean. She is- not -permitted to-touch anything which (is) for the LORD and she is- not -permitted to-go to the Meeting-together-place Tent until the days of her becoming-clean is-completed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding during childbirth. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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