Lest …: this may have to be translated “If you do this, the land will reject you….”

Vomit … vomited: that is, “reject.” See verse 25.

The nation: the traditional Hebrew text has the singular here. But other manuscripts have “nations,” as translated in New International Version, New American Bible, An American Translation, and Moffatt. However, the singular is used collectively in Hebrew, so that it should be translated as a plural in many languages in any case. On the meaning of the word itself, see verse 24.

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 .