Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 21:23:
- Kupsabiny: “He must not come near the curtain that closes off the Tent of God or come to the altar. If he does that he may defile the holy place. I am God who makes them clean.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since he has a defect, he is not to be allowed [lit.: not to be given the chance] to make my holy place defiled by coming to that altar inside the Tent of Meeting. For I am the LORD who makes it holy.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So if one of the descendants of Aaron has a defect, he is- not -allowed to-offer to me, and he is- also not -allowed to-go-inside the Holy Place and go- near to the altar for my Tent will-get- dirty/unclean. But he may/is-allowed to-eat the food which is the share/portion of them who (are) priests in the holy offering and the most holy offering. I (am) the LORD who separates/sets-apart you (plur.) for myself.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain in the Sacred Tent or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
