Keluaran 15:20

15:20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances. ¹ 

Keluaran 18:9

18:9 Jethro rejoiced ²  because of all the good that the Lord had done for Israel, whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt.

Keluaran 21:16

21:16 “Whoever kidnaps someone ³  and sells him, ⁴  or is caught still holding him, ⁵  must surely be put to death.

Keluaran 40:32

40:32 Whenever they entered ⁶  the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached ⁷  the altar, they would wash, ⁸  just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

[15:20]  ¹ sn See J. N. Easton, “Dancing in the Old Testament,” ExpTim 86 (1975): 136-40.

[18:9]  ² tn The word חָדָה (khada) is rare, occurring only in Job 3:6 and Ps 21:6, although it is common in Aramaic. The LXX translated it “he shuddered.” U. Cassuto suggests that that rendering was based on the midrashic interpretation in b. Sanhedrin 94b, “he felt cuts in his body” – a wordplay on the verb (Exodus, 215-16).

[21:16]  ³ tn Heb “a stealer of a man,” thus “anyone stealing a man.”

[21:16]  ⁴ sn The implication is that it would be an Israelite citizen who was kidnapped and sold to a foreign tribe or country (like Joseph). There was always a market for slaves. The crime would be in forcibly taking the individual away from his home and religion and putting him into bondage or death.

[21:16]  ⁵ tn Literally “and he is found in his hand” (KJV and ASV both similar), being not yet sold.

[40:32]  ⁶ tn The construction is the infinitive construct with the temporal preposition and the suffixed subjective genitive. This temporal clause indicates that the verb in the preceding verse was frequentative.

[40:32]  ⁷ tn This is another infinitive construct in a temporal clause.

[40:32]  ⁸ tn In this explanatory verse the verb is a customary imperfect.