Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 7:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “He shall bring one of each bread and cake and give it to God. Those things shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offerings on the altar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Offering one from each, he must offer it as a special gift to the LORD. The leavened bread must belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the Fellowship Offering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He is-to-offer every kind of these breads as a special gift to the LORD. This will- now -belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the offering which (is) for a good relationship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You must bring one of each kind for an offering to Yahweh, but they belong to the priest who sprinkles against the altar the blood of the animal that is slaughtered as an offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “All the meat from the fellowship offerings must be eaten. Nothing must be remain to the next morning.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The flesh offered as a Fellowship Offering of thanks must be eaten that very day. Eating it the next day is not OK.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the offering which (is) for the good relationship he will-offer as thanksgiving to the LORD, the meat of this must be-eaten by him and his family and the priests in that same day it is-offered; none of it should remain the following morning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The meat of that offering must be eaten on the day that it is offered; none of it should be left to be eaten on the next day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the thing that is offered is what a person has promised or what he has given out of love/accept alone, it should be eaten the day it was given as a sacrifice of if it remains it may be eaten on the next day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if the sacrifice is a vow offering or a freewill offering, a sacrifice like that must be eaten the same day. The left-overs, however, may be eaten the following day.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if the offering which (is) for a good relationship is-to-be-offered by him as an offering to fulfill/obey a vow/promise or a freewill offering, the meat of this is-to-be-eaten on that same very day it is-offered and the remaining-(portion) it may be-eaten the next day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘However, if your offering is the result of a solemn promise that you made to Yahweh, or if it is an offering that you make voluntarily/without being required to, you are permitted to eat some of the meat on the day it is offered, but anything that is left may be eaten on the next day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “But/and any meat that remains until the third day that (meat) must be burned.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Leftovers remaining on the day after that, however, must be burned in the fire.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If there-is yet any remaining-(portion) of meat by the third day, this must now be-burnt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But any meat that is left until the third day must be completely burned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “If that meat is eaten on the third day, God will not accept that sacrifice and it will not help that person who gave it because it is not holy. And/But any person who has eaten that meat will suffer the consequences.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone eats the flesh of the Fellowship Offering on the day after that, he will not be accepted. For the one who made the offering, it will not count, but instead it will be unclean. And that person who eats it will be judged guilty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If someone eats the meat on the third day, the LORD will- not -accept this offering and what- he -offered will-become of no value. Consider this abominable and whoever eats this will-have-to-answer/be-held-responsible.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If any meat from the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh is eaten on the third day, Yahweh will not accept that offering; it will be useless to offer it, because Yahweh will consider that it is worthless. Anyone who eats some of it will have to pay a penalty to Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “If the meat touches anything that is not clean, it should not be eaten but it must be burned. It is allowed/accepted for a person who is (ceremonially) clean to eat meat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “It is not OK for anyone to eat flesh that has touched any unclean thing. It must be burned in fire. The rest of the meat may be eaten but only by people who are ceremonially clean."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the meat unintentionally-touches/brushes-against any/[lit. whatever] thing that is-considered dirty/unclean, this must not now be-eaten but-instead should be-burnt. Concerning the offered meat that can-be-eaten, whoever is-considered clean are-permitted to-eat this meat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘eat that touches something that God considers to be impure must not be eaten; it must be completely burned. Anyone who has performed the rituals to become acceptable to God is allowed to eat other meat which has been offered as a sacrifice.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if a person who is not clean has eaten the meat from the fellowship sacrifice, he shall be chased away from the people of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if anyone, being unclean, eats the flesh of the LORD’s Fellowship Offering, that one must be cut off from his people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But whoever is-considered dirty/unclean who eats this meat which (is) for the LORD, that person you (plur.) are- no-longer -to-consider under- your (plur.) -jurisdiction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if anyone who has not performed those rituals eats some of the meat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, meat that belongs to Yahweh, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 7:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 7:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if a person has held on to/touched something not clean whether it is a person or an animal or any other things, and then eats that meat of God from the fellowship sacrifice, he shall be chased away from there the people of God is.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone, having touched a person’s uncleanness, an animal’s uncleanness, or any repulsive thing, eats the flesh of the LORD’s Fellowship Offering, that person will be cut off from his people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If someone touches something that is-considered dirty/unclean, just-like the dirty/unclean things of a person, a dirty/unclean animal, or anything/whatever which (is) a dirty/unclean thing which (is) an abomination, and then he eats the meat of this offering which (is) for the LORD, that person you (plur.) are- no-longer -to-consider under- your (plur.) -jurisdiction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If anyone touches something that God considers to be impure and very displeasing to him, whether it is from a human or from an animal, and then he eats any of the meat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, meat that belongs to Yahweh, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)