complete verse (Leviticus 9:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 9:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “But he burned the meat and skin outside the camp.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The flesh and the skin he burned in fire outside the camp.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The meat and its skin he burnt outside the camp.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Aaron burned the rest of the meat and the hide/skin outside the camp.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Leviticus 9:11

Compare 4.11-12, where a more detailed list is given.

Note that Good News Translation introduces this verse with the conjunction “But,” which highlights the contrast between what happens to the meat and the skin, as opposed to the fatty parts burned on the altar. It also reorders the elements in the sentence, so that the subject occurs at the beginning.

Burned with fire: as elsewhere, the words with fire will be considered redundant in many languages (see 6.30).

Outside the camp: see 4.12.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .