Who cleanses him … who is to be cleansed: the information in these two clauses may be left implicit in many languages. This will also simplify the structure of this otherwise complicated verse.

These things: the Hebrew has only the pronoun “them.” But this clearly refers to the offerings mentioned in the previous verse. In many languages it will be better to use a more specific term than the word things. Compare “his offerings” (New International Version and New English Bible) and “these offerings” (Good News Translation).

The tent of meeting: see 1.1.

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 .