Keluaran 4:17

4:17 You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs.” ¹ 

Keluaran 21:23

21:23 But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

Keluaran 21:30

21:30 If a ransom is set for him, ²  then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

Keluaran 25:15

25:15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

Keluaran 25:40

25:40 Now be sure to make ³  them according to the pattern you were shown ⁴  on the mountain. ⁵ 

[4:17]  ¹ sn Mention of the staff makes an appropriate ending to the section, for God’s power (represented by the staff) will work through Moses. The applicable point that this whole section is making could be worded this way: The servants of God who sense their inadequacy must demonstrate the power of God as their sufficiency.

[21:30]  ² sn The family of the victim would set the amount for the ransom of the man guilty of criminal neglect. This practice was common in the ancient world, rare in Israel. If the family allowed the substitute price, then the man would be able to redeem his life.

[25:40]  ³ tn The text uses two imperatives: “see and make.” This can be interpreted as a verbal hendiadys, calling for Moses and Israel to see to it that they make these things correctly.

[25:40]  ⁴ tn The participle is passive, “caused to see,” or, “shown.”

[25:40]  ⁵ sn The message of this section surely concerns access to God. To expound this correctly, though, since it is an instruction section for building the lampstand, the message would be: God requires that his people ensure that light will guide the way of access to God. The breakdown for exposition could be the instructions for preparation for light (one lamp, several branches), then instructions for the purpose and maintenance of the lamps, and then the last verse telling the divine source for the instructions. Naturally, the metaphorical value of light will come up in the study, especially from the NT. So in the NT there is the warning that if churches are unfaithful God will remove their lampstand, their ministry (Rev 2-3).