Lev 7:20-21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 7:20-21: 7:20-21 cut off: Three interpretations are possible for this expression, all of them very grave: (1) The person was subject to God’s judgment and faced an early death by natural causes (17:10-14 ). (2) The person was to be executed by the community (cp. Exod 31:14 ). (3) The person lost communal membership in Israel, either by banishment (such as by excommunication) or by shunning the person and treating him or her as unclean (Lev 18:24-30 ; cp. 23:29-30 , where “cut off” seems distinct from “destroy”).

a7:20-21►

b17:10-14►

cExod 31:14►

dLev 18:24-30►

e23:29-30►

‏ Leviticus 7:20-21

Summary for Lev 7:20-21: 7:20-21 ^a cut off: Three interpretations are possible for this expression, all of them very grave: (1) The person was subject to God’s judgment and faced an early death by natural causes (17:10-14 ^b). (2) The person was to be executed by the community (cp. Exod 31:14 ^c). (3) The person lost communal membership in Israel, either by banishment (such as by excommunication) or by shunning the person and treating him or her as unclean (Lev 18:24-30 ^d; cp. 23:29-30 ^e, where “cut off” seems distinct from “destroy”).