Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 16:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “When Aaron has finished the ritual for cleansing the Inner Room that is feared, the Tent of God and the altar, he shall bring/offer the he-goat that is alive to God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After he has made atonement for the Most Holy Place and for the Tent of Meeting and the altar, Aaron must bring the remaining goat to the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After Aaron had-done the cleansing of the Most Holy Place and the other parts of the Tent including the altar, he is-to-bring the live goat in-the-middle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘hen Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place inside the Sacred Tent and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “He is to place both hands on the head of the he-goat and confess their evil, rebellion and all the sins of the people of Israel placing it all on the head of the he-goat, and then a person is chosen who brings the he-goat to the wilderness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Aaron, putting both hands on the goat’s head, confessing all the evil deeds, sins and transgressions of the Israelites, must bind them to the goat’s head. Then he must give that goat to the man who will take it into the wilderness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He is-to-place his two hands on the head of the goat and he is-to-confess all the sins and the disobedience of the Israelinhon. Then Aaron is-to-have- the goat -be-released into the desolate-place by a man who (is) in-charge (to do) this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put the guilt of their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “The he-goat shall go with all their sins to the wilderness and it shall be abandoned there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this way that goat will carry all their sins away. That man must release it in the wilderness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So the goat will-carry all the sins of the Israelinhon if it set-free by man in the desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It is as though the goat will carry away into the desert the guilt for the sins of all the people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Aaron is to enter into the Tent of God and take off the clothes of priests that he wore when he went into that feared Inner Room.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Aaron, going into the Holy Tent must take off the holy white clothes he had been wearing before entering the Most Holy Place and leave them there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Aaron is-to-go-inside the Tent and he is-to-take-off his clothes as head priest which he had-put-on before he went-inside the Most Holy Place, and he is-to-leave this there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘hen Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he previously entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “He must bathe in (a/the) holy place and put on his clothes of always (daily), and then he shall go outside to use those two rams as sacrifices that are burned completely so as to cleanse himself from his sins and those of (the) people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then he must bathe in a holy area and put on his own priestly clothes. Then after that, having come out; to make atonement he must offer the Burnt Offering for himself and for the people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He is-to-bathe in a holy place there in the Tent and after (that) he is-to-put-on his ordinary clothes. Then he is-to-go-out and he is-to-offer the two burnt offerings for the forgiveness of his sin and the sin of the Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “He shall burn all the fat from the bullock and from the he-goat that was used to make a sacrifice to sweep away sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He must also burn the fat of the Purification Offering on the altar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He is-to- also -burn on the altar the fat[s] of the offering for becoming-clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “The man who has taken a he-goat into the wilderness must wash his clothes and bathe so that he can return to inside the camp.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The man who had gone to release the goat in the wilderness must wash his clothes and bathe, then he may come back into the camp.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The person who was-put-in-charge to free the goat for Azazel he must launder his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘he man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 16:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “And the bullock and the he-goat that were slaughtered to be made into sacrifices that sweep away sins so that their blood was brought into that feared Inner Room for removing sins, are to be taken outside the camp and be burned. The skin, meat and internal organs are to be burned.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Having made atonement from the blood of the bull and the goat in the Most Holy Place by means of The Purification Sacrifice, their bodies, skin, and entrails, however, all have to be completely burned outside the camp..” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The remaining parts of the cow/bull and the goat of which their blood was-brought to the Most Holy Place to cleanse it, must also be-carried/taken outside the camp to-be-burnt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)