Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 15:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Any person who has touched the sleeping place of that woman needs to wash his/her clothes and bathe and that person is unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Anyone who touches her bed, he/she must wash his/her clothes, he/she must also bathe, and he/she will be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Any one who touches her bed/[lit. place-where-(she)-has-laid-down] or place-where-(she)-sat must launder his clothes and bathe, but he is- still -to-be- considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch that person until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Any person who has touched a thing that that woman has sat on, needs to wash his clothes and bathe and that person is unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whoever touches the thing that she sits on, he/she must wash his/her clothes, he/she must also bathe and be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Any one who touches her bed/[lit. place-where-(she)-has-laid-down] or place-where-(she)-sat must launder his clothes and bathe, but he is- still -to-be- considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Anyone who touches something that she has been sitting on, a bed or anything else, must wash his clothes, and no one should touch that person until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Whether it is the sleeping place or anything the woman has sat on and a person touches those things, that person is unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone touches the bed she sleeps on or the thing she sits on, he/she will be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Any one who touches her bed/[lit. place-where-(she)-has-laid-down] or place-where-(she)-sat must launder his clothes and bathe, but he is- still -to-be- considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Anyone who touches something that she has been sitting on, a bed or anything else, must wash his clothes, and no one should touch that person until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a man lies with (a) woman/wife during the days of (the) month (period), that person remains unclean for seven days, and also the place where he sleeps is unclean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’Also, if any man sleeps with her, that man will be unclean for seven days. And the bed where he sleeps will also be unclean. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a man lies-down-beside/(has-sexual-relations-with) a woman during her monthly-period, the man is-to-be-considered dirty/unclean for seven days, and any (bed)/[lit. whatever] on which he lies will-be dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If a man has sex with a woman during that time and some of the menstrual blood touches him, no one should touch him for seven days, and no one should touch the bed that he lies on.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “If blood goes from a woman for many days and it is not her days of the month, or the blood goes beyond her days of the month, that woman is unclean during all those days like the way it is for her during her days of the month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If any woman has bleeding besides her time of menstruation and if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she will be unclean, like when she is menstruating.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When a woman is-hemorrhaging/the going-out of blood for/[lit. inside of] several days which (are) not during her monthly-period or (it is) already finished, she is-to-be-considered dirty/unclean, just-like also if (she is-having) her monthly-period. She is-to-be-considered dirty/unclean while the blood continues-to-come-out from her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then a woman has a vaginal discharge of blood for many days/a long time, which is not her monthly flow of blood, or if her flow of blood continues after her monthly flow ends, no one should touch her until it stops.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “Any sleeping place or anything the woman has sat on during those days, that thing is unclean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And just like when she is menstruating, the bed she sleeps in and the place where she sits will be unclean as long as bleeding continues [lit.: as long as blood appears].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Anything/[lit. whatever] is-the-place-where- she -lies or is-the-place-where- she -sits while the blood continues-to-come-out will-be-dirty/unclean, just-like also if (she is having) her monthly-period.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And no one should touch the bed that she lies on or anything that she sits on while that flow of blood continues, just like during her monthly menstrual period.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “Any person who has touched those things is unclean an he must wash his clothes and bathe and that person is unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whoever touches these things, he/she will be unclean. He/she must wash his/her clothes and must also bathe him/herself. He/she will be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And whoever touches those-(things) will-become dirty/unclean. He must launder his clothes and he bathe, but he is- still -to-be-considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Anyone who touches those things should not touch anyone else; he must wash his clothes and bathe, and he should not touch anyone else until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the flow of blood has stopped she must count seven days and after that that person has become clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After the bleeding stops, that woman must wait for seven days. Only then will she be clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the woman has- already -been-healed from that coming-out/flowing blood from her, she must-wait seven days. On the eighth day, she must bring two doves or two pigeons to the priest there near the entrance of the Meeting-together-place Tent.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kutu: “When that woman has stopped her period, she should wait seven days so that she will be made holy, and when those seven days are finished she will be holy.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
  • English: “‘After a woman’s monthly menstrual flow ends, she must wait seven days before she touches anyone.” (Source: Translation for Translators)