Translation commentary on Leviticus 19:21

Note that Good News Translation has reordered the wording of this verse. This structure may serve as a better model for some other languages.

He: it may be better to make this more explicit with something like “the man who has done this deed” or “the one who slept with the slave girl.”

A guilt offering: see 5.20-25.

To the LORD: this has been left implicit in Good News Translation.

A ram: see 5.15.

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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