You: the pronoun here is plural and refers to the whole community of Israel, and in meaning it is identical to all that are native in Israel. In many languages it will be advisable to clarify this identity by translating only once, “You Israelites” or “All the people of Israel” (Good News Translation). The same meaning is repeated in two slightly different forms in this verse. If the receptor language rejects such parallelism, it is quite possible to translate the meaning only once, as has been done in Good News Translation.

For seven days: in some languages it may be more natural to shift this to the beginning of the verse and say “During this week…” or something similar.

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 .