Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 14:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that he is to present/give the doves or pigeons according to what the person was able to bring.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that, as he is able, the priest must offer two dove or two pigeons” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The remaining oil on the palm of the priest he is-to-wipe on the head of the person. Then the priest is-to-offer the two doves or the two pigeons; one (is) the offering for becoming-clean and (the other) one (is) a burnt offering. He is-to- also -offer the gift offering. By-means-of this which- the priest -will-do in the presence of the LORD, the dirtiness/uncleanliness of the person will-be-taken-(away).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “One is to be for the sacrifice that sweeps away sin, the other for the sacrifice that is burned completely to go with the food-gift offering. The priest shall do the rituals (for him) in this way so he can be made clean before me.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “with the grain offering, one for a The Purification Sacrifice and one for a burnt offering. In this way the priest must make atonement for the patient before the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The remaining oil on the palm of the priest he is-to-wipe on the head of the person. Then the priest is-to-offer the two doves or the two pigeons; one (is) the offering for becoming-clean and (the other) one (is) a burnt offering. He is-to- also -offer the gift offering. By-means-of this which- the priest -will-do in the presence of the LORD, the dirtiness/uncleanliness of the person will-be-taken-(away).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One will be an offering for sin and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering of grain. By doing that, the priest will declare that the person is no longer guilty for having sinned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “This is the law about a person who is weak who has a serious wound but is unable to bring the big things that are needed to be used as sacrifices for making him clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “These are the regulations for poverty-stricken patients who have caught a contagious skin disease must be made clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] concerning the becoming-clean of a person who has a dangerous disease on the skin and what he is-to-do if he can- not -afford the offerings required/necessary for becoming-clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Those are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses and Aaron,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses and Aaron–” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is what the LORD said to Moises and to Aaron” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said to Aaron and Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:34:

  • Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) are going to the land of Canaan which I am going to give you to become yours. When you enter the land and I send mold to the house of a person,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After you have gone to live in the land of Canaan, which I am about to give you as your family property, if I cause mold to infest anyone’s house,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “concerning what they are-to-do if the LORD causes- mold -to-grow in their houses if they (are) already there in Canaan, the place which the LORD is-going-to-give them as their possession:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘I am about to give you Canaan land to belong to your people permanently. When you enter that land, there will be times when I cause/allow mildew to appear inside one of your houses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:35)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:35:

  • Kupsabiny: “the person of that house must go to the priest and say, ‘I have seen something bad in my house.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “the owner of that house must go and tell the priest about this, ‘I have seen something that looks like a defiling mold in my house.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the owner of the house notices that there-is mold in his house, he must tell the priest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If that happens, the owner of that house must go to the priest and tell him, ‘There is something in my house that looks like mildew.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:36)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:36:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall then say that all things are to be taken out from the house before he goes to inspect the house, otherwise he may say that everything in the house is unclean. Later the priest shall go to inspect the house.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Before the priest goes to look at the house he must give the order to empty the house. Anything which is in the house at that time will also be [declared] unclean. After that the priest must go to look at the house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And before the priest goes-inside that house in-order to-look at the mold, he is-to-order that all the things there are-to-come-out, for maybe these (things) will- also -be-considered dirty/unclean. After this the priest is-to-go-inside the house” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then the priest will say to him, ‘Take everything out of the house before I enter the house to examine the mildew. If you do not do that, I will declare that everything in the house is contaminated.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 14:37)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 14:37:

  • Kupsabiny: “And if he finds things that are green or red that has entered much inside the wall,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He must examine the house for mold infestation. If it has greenish or reddish depressions the mold infestation goes deeper than [the surface of] the wall of the house,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and he is-to-look at the mold on the wall. And if what- he -sees (is) greenish or reddish that is-appearing-to-be-deeper within the wall,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After the owner takes everything outside of his house, the priest will go in and inspect the house. If the mildew has caused greenish or reddish spots/depressions on the walls that seem to be deeper than only on the surface of the walls,” (Source: Translation for Translators)