26 The term רָכִיל (rakhil) is traditionally rendered “slanderer” here (so , , ; see also J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [], , ), but the exact meaning is uncertain (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ). It is sometimes related to I רָכַל (“to go about as a trader [or “merchant”]”; 940 רָכַל), and taken to refer to cutthroat business dealings, but there may be a II רָכַל, the meaning of which is dubious ( II *רכל). Some would render it “to go about as a spy.”
27 Heb “You shall not stand on the blood of your neighbor.” This part of the verse is also difficult to interpret. The rendering here suggests that one will not allow a neighbor to be victimized, whether in court (cf. v. 15) or in any other situation (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ).

In other versions

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people.

“ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.

Do not go about spreading slander among your people; do not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord.

“Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.

“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the Lord.

You shall not go about with slander among your people; you shall not endanger your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

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