Leviticus 8:35
Hebrew Bible
34 What has been done on this day the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. 35 You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.” 36 So Aaron and his sons did all the things the Lord had commanded through Moses.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Onkelos Leviticus 8:35
Targum
34 What has been done today was commanded by the Lord to make atonement for you. 35 You must stay at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and do what the Memra of the Lord requires, so you will not die; for that is what I have been commanded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord commanded through Moses.
Date: 100-200 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Targums Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan add memra, 'word' or 'wisdom,' to avoid the possible anthropomorphic misunderstanding that the priests were watching God. The term is inserted twenty-two times in the Leviticus translation to avoid and explain anthropomorphic biblical depictions and to clarify metaphors and synecdoches such as 'mouth' and 'voice' ..."
Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner
Onkelos on the Torah, Leviticus: Understanding the Bible Text
(p. 57) Gefen, 2006
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