Keluaran 9:20

9:20 Those ¹  of Pharaoh’s servants who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their ²  servants and livestock into the houses,

Keluaran 10:25

10:25 But Moses said, “Will you also ³  provide us ⁴  with sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may present them ⁵  to the Lord our God?

Keluaran 12:38

12:38 A mixed multitude ⁶  also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle. ⁷ 

Keluaran 26:26

26:26 “You are to make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

Keluaran 36:31

36:31 He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle

[9:20]  ¹ tn The text has “the one fearing.” The singular expression here and throughout vv. 20-21 refers to all who fit the description.

[9:20]  ² tn Heb “his” (singular).

[10:25]  ³ tn B. Jacob (Exodus, 287) shows that the intent of Moses in using גַּם (gam) is to make an emphatic rhetorical question. He cites other samples of the usage in Num 22:33; 1 Sam 17:36; 2 Sam 12:14, and others. The point is that if Pharaoh told them to go and serve Yahweh, they had to have animals to sacrifice. If Pharaoh was holding the animals back, he would have to make some provision.

[10:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “give into our hand.”

[10:25]  ⁵ tn The form here is וְעָשִּׂינוּ (vÿ’asinu), the Qal perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive – “and we will do.” But the verb means “do” in the sacrificial sense – prepare them, offer them. The verb form is to be subordinated here to form a purpose or result clause.

[12:38]  ⁶ tn The “mixed multitude” (עֵרֶב רַב, ’erev rav) refers to a great “swarm” (see a possible cognate in 8:21[17]) of folk who joined the Israelites, people who were impressed by the defeat of Egypt, who came to faith, or who just wanted to escape Egypt (maybe slaves or descendants of the Hyksos). The expression prepares for later references to riffraff who came along.

[12:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “and very much cattle.”