Imamat 25:18

25:18 You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them ¹  so that you may live securely in the land. ² 

Mazmur 91:13

91:13 You will subdue ³  a lion and a snake; ⁴ 

you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.

Hosea 2:17

2:17 For ⁵  I will remove the names of the Baal idols ⁶  from your lips, ⁷ 

so that you will never again utter their names!” ⁸ 

Markus 1:13

1:13 He was in the wilderness forty days, ⁹  enduring temptations from Satan. He ¹⁰  was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs. ¹¹ 

[25:18]  ¹ tn Heb “And you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8, etc.).

[25:18]  ² tn Heb “and you shall dwell on the land to security.”

[91:13]  ³ tn Heb “walk upon.”

[91:13]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “cobra” (see Ps 58:4).

[2:17]  ⁵ tn The vav consecutive prefixed to וַהֲסִרֹתִי (vahasiroti) “I will remove” (vav consecutive + Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular) introduces an explanatory clause.

[2:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Baals.” The singular term בַּעַל (ba’al) refers to the Canaanite god Baal himself, while the plural form הַבְּעָלִים (habbé’alim) refers to the manifestations of the god (i.e., idols; BDB 127 s.v. בָּעַל II.1).

[2:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “from her mouth.” In the translation this is rendered as second person for consistency.

[2:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “they will no longer be mentioned by their name.”

[1:13]  ⁹ sn The forty days may allude to the experience of Moses (Exod 34:28), Elijah (1 Kgs 19:8, 15), or David and Goliath (1 Sam 17:16).

[1:13]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And he.”

[1:13]  ¹¹ tn Grk “were serving him,” “were ministering to him.”