Keluaran 3:17

3:17 and I have promised ¹  that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, ²  to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

Keluaran 7:16

7:16 Tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, ³  “Release my people, that they may serve me ⁴  in the desert!” But until now ⁵  you have not listened. ⁶ 

Keluaran 23:15

23:15 You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days ⁷  you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time ⁸  you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before ⁹  me empty-handed.

Keluaran 33:1

33:1 The Lord said to Moses, “Go up ¹⁰  from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath ¹¹  to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ ¹² 

Keluaran 34:18

34:18 “You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days ¹³  you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this ¹⁴  at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And I said.”

[3:17]  ² tn See the note on this list in 3:8.

[7:16]  ³ tn The form לֵאמֹר (le’mor) is the Qal infinitive construct with the lamed (ל) preposition. It is used so often epexegetically that it has achieved idiomatic status – “saying” (if translated at all). But here it would make better sense to take it as a purpose infinitive. God sent him to say these words.

[7:16]  ⁴ tn The imperfect tense with the vav (וְיַעַבְדֻנִי, vÿya’avduni) following the imperative is in volitive sequence, showing the purpose – “that they may serve me.” The word “serve” (עָבַד, ’avad) is a general term to include religious observance and obedience.

[7:16]  ⁵ tn The final עַד־כֹּה (’ad-koh, “until now”) narrows the use of the perfect tense to the present perfect: “you have not listened.” That verb, however, involves more than than mere audition. It has the idea of responding to, hearkening, and in some places obeying; here “you have not complied” might catch the point of what Moses is saying, while “listen” helps to maintain the connection with other uses of the verb.

[7:16]  ⁶ tn Or “complied” (שָׁמַעְתָּ, shama’ta).

[23:15]  ⁷ tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.

[23:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “in it.”

[23:15]  ⁹ tn The verb is a Niphal imperfect; the nuance of permission works well here – no one is permitted to appear before God empty (Heb “and they will not appear before me empty”).

[33:1]  ¹⁰ tn The two imperatives underscore the immediacy of the demand: “go, go up,” meaning “get going up” or “be on your way.”

[33:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “the land which I swore.”

[33:1]  ¹² tn Heb “seed.”

[34:18]  ¹³ tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.

[34:18]  ¹⁴ tn The words “do this” have been supplied.