Keluaran 16:22

16:22 And ¹  on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers ²  per person; ³  and all the leaders ⁴  of the community ⁵  came and told ⁶  Moses.

Keluaran 26:24

26:24 At the two corners ⁷  they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

Keluaran 36:29

36:29 At the two corners ⁸  they were doubled at the lower end and ⁹  finished together at the top in one ring. So he did for both.

[16:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and it happened/was.”

[16:22]  ² tn This construction is an exception to the normal rule for the numbers 2 through 10 taking the object numbered in the plural. Here it is “two of the omer” or “the double of the omer” (see GKC 433 §134.e).

[16:22]  ³ tn Heb “for one.”

[16:22]  ⁴ tn The word suggests “the ones lifted up” above others, and therefore the rulers or the chiefs of the people.

[16:22]  ⁵ tn Or “congregation” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[16:22]  ⁶ sn The meaning here is probably that these leaders, the natural heads of the families in the clans, saw that people were gathering twice as much and they reported this to Moses, perhaps afraid it would stink again (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 197).

[26:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “they will be for the two corners.” This is the last clause of the verse, moved forward for clarity.

[36:29]  ⁸ tn This is the last phrase of the verse, moved forward for clarity.

[36:29]  ⁹ tn This difficult verse uses the perfect tense at the beginning, and the second clause parallels it with יִהְיוּ (yihyu), which has to be taken here as a preterite without the consecutive vav (ו). The predicate “finished” or “completed” is the word תָּמִּים (tammim); it normally means “complete, sound, whole,” and related words describe the sacrifices as without blemish.