complete verse (Leviticus 21:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 21:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “But he may touch the body of his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “[Only for] his mother [or] father, children, elder [or] younger brother,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “except only if the dead (is) a close/near blood-relative of yours like your mother, father, child, male sibling,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by touching corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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