Keluaran 5:13

5:13 The slave masters were pressuring ¹  them, saying, “Complete ²  your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”

Keluaran 13:2

13:2 “Set apart ³  to me every firstborn male – the first offspring of every womb ⁴  among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.” ⁵ 

Keluaran 25:32

25:32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, ⁶  three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. ⁷ 

Keluaran 36:31

36:31 He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle

Keluaran 37:5

37:5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark.

[5:13]  ¹ tn Or “pressed.”

[5:13]  ² tn כַּלּוּ (kallu) is the Piel imperative; the verb means “to finish, complete” in the sense of filling up the quota.

[13:2]  ³ tn The verb “sanctify” is the Piel imperative of קָדַשׁ (qadash). In the Qal stem it means “be holy, be set apart, be distinct,” and in this stem “sanctify, set apart.”

[13:2]  sn Here is the central principle of the chapter – the firstborn were sacred to God and must be “set apart” (the meaning of the verb “sanctify”) for his use.

[13:2]  ⁴ tn The word פֶּטֶּר (petter) means “that which opens”; this construction literally says, “that which opens every womb,” which means “the first offspring of every womb.” Verses 12 and 15 further indicate male offspring.

[13:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to me it.” The preposition here expresses possession; the construction is simply “it [is, belongs] to me.”

[25:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the sides of it.”

[25:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the second side.”