Translation commentary on Leviticus 19:1 - 19:2

Once again Good News Translation avoids a direct quotation within another direct quotation by making the first one indirect. This will be a good model to follow in most languages.

Said to Moses: see 4.1.

Say …: see 1.2.

Be holy …: see 11.44-45.

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 .

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