Hagai 2:11

2:11 “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘Ask the priests about the law. ¹ 

Hagai 2:21

2:21 Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: ‘I am ready ²  to shake the sky ³  and the earth.

Imamat 23:34

23:34 “Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters ⁴  for seven days to the Lord.

Yohanes 7:37

Teaching About the Spirit

7:37 On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, ⁵  Jesus stood up and shouted out, ⁶  “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Ask the priests a torah, saying”; KJV “concerning the law”; NAB “for a decision”; NCV “for a teaching”; NRSV “for a ruling.”

[2:21]  ² tn The participle here suggests an imminent undertaking of action (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT “I am about to”). The overall language of the passage is eschatological, but eschatology finds its roots in the present.

[2:21]  ³ tn See the note on the word “sky” in 2:6. Most English translations render the Hebrew term as “heavens” here.

[23:34]  ⁴ tn The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut, booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. The nature of the celebration during this feast (see the following verses) as a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt suggests that a translation like “temporary shelters” is more appropriate.

[7:37]  ⁵ sn There is a problem with the identification of this reference to the last day of the feast, the greatest day: It appears from Deut 16:13 that the feast went for seven days. Lev 23:36, however, makes it plain that there was an eighth day, though it was mentioned separately from the seven. It is not completely clear whether the seventh or eighth day was the climax of the feast, called here by the author the “last great day of the feast.” Since according to the Mishnah (m. Sukkah 4.1) the ceremonies with water and lights did not continue after the seventh day, it seems more probable that this is the day the author mentions.

[7:37]  ⁶ tn Grk “Jesus stood up and cried out, saying.”