Keluaran 8:23

8:23 I will put a division ¹  between my people and your people. This sign will take place ²  tomorrow.”’”

Keluaran 36:5

36:5 and told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than ³  is needed for the completion ⁴  of the work which the Lord commanded us to do!” ⁵ 

[8:23]  ¹ tn The word in the text is פְדֻת (pÿdut, “redemption”). This would give the sense of making a distinction by redeeming Israel. The editors wish to read פְלֻת (pÿlut) instead – “a separation, distinction” to match the verb in the preceding verse. For another view, see G. I. Davies, “The Hebrew Text of Exodus VIII 19 [English 23]: An Emendation,” VT 24 (1974): 489-92.

[8:23]  ² tn Heb “this sign will be tomorrow.”

[36:5]  ³ tn The construction uses the verbal hendiadys: מַרְבִּים לְהָבִיא (marbim lÿhavi’) is the Hiphil participle followed (after the subject) by the Hiphil infinitive construct. It would read, “they multiply…to bring,” meaning, “they bring more” than is needed.

[36:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the service” (so KJV, ASV).

[36:5]  ⁵ tn The last clause is merely the infinitive with an object – “to do it.” It clearly means the skilled workers are to do it.