Keluaran 9:4

9:4 But the Lord will distinguish ¹  between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing ²  will die of all that the Israelites have.”’” ³ 

Keluaran 22:4

22:4 If the stolen item should in fact be found ⁴  alive in his possession, ⁵  whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double. ⁶ 

Keluaran 22:13

22:13 If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, ⁷  and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

Keluaran 23:13

23:13 “Pay attention to do ⁸  everything I have told you, and do not even mention ⁹  the names of other gods – do not let them be heard on your lips. ¹⁰ 

Keluaran 25:2

25:2 “Tell the Israelites to take ¹¹  an offering ¹²  for me; from every person motivated by a willing ¹³  heart you ¹⁴  are to receive my offering.

Keluaran 34:32

34:32 After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

Keluaran 39:26

39:26 There was ¹⁵  a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe, to be used in ministering, ¹⁶  just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Keluaran 40:21

40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung ¹⁷  the protecting curtain, ¹⁸  and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

[9:4]  ¹ tn The verb פָּלָה (palah) in Hiphil means “to set apart, make separate, make distinct.” See also Exod 8:22 (18 HT); 11:7; 33:16.

[9:4]  ² tn There is a wordplay in this section. A pestilence – דֶּבֶר (dever) – will fall on Egypt’s cattle, but no thing – דָּבָר (davar) – belonging to Israel would die. It was perhaps for this reason that the verb was changed in v. 1 from “say” to “speak” (דִּבֶּר, dibber). See U. Cassuto, Exodus, 111.

[9:4]  ³ tn The lamed preposition indicates possession: “all that was to the Israelites” means “all that the Israelites had.”

[22:4]  ⁴ tn The construction uses a Niphal infinitive absolute and a Niphal imperfect: if it should indeed be found. Gesenius says that in such conditional clauses the infinitive absolute has less emphasis, but instead emphasizes the condition on which some consequence depends (see GKC 342-43 §113.o).

[22:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “in his hand.”

[22:4]  ⁶ sn He must pay back one for what he took, and then one for the penalty – his loss as he was inflicting a loss on someone else.

[22:13]  ⁷ tn The word עֵד (’ed) actually means “witness,” but the dead animal that is returned is a silent witness, i.e., evidence. The word is an adverbial accusative.

[23:13]  ⁸ tn The phrase “to do” is added; in Hebrew word order the line says, “In all that I have said to you you will watch yourselves.” The verb for paying attention is a Niphal imperfect with an imperatival force.

[23:13]  ⁹ tn Or “honor,” Hiphil of זָכַר (zakhar). See also Exod 20:25; Josh 23:7; Isa 26:13.

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “mouth.”

[23:13]  sn See also Ps 16:4, where David affirms his loyalty to God with this expression.

[25:2]  ¹¹ tn The verb is וְיִקְחוּ (vÿyiqkhu), the Qal imperfect or jussive with vav; after the imperative “speak” this verb indicates the purpose or result: “speak…that they may take” and continues with the force of a command.

[25:2]  ¹² tn The “offering” (תְּרוּמָה, tÿrumah) is perhaps better understood as a contribution since it was a freewill offering. There is some question about the etymology of the word. The traditional meaning of “heave-offering” derives from the idea of “elevation,” a root meaning “to be high” lying behind the word. B. Jacob says it is something sorted out of a mass of material and designated for a higher purpose (Exodus, 765). S. R. Driver (Exodus, 263) corrects the idea of “heave-offering” by relating the root to the Hiphil form of that root, herim, “to lift” or “take off.” He suggests the noun means “what is taken off” from a larger mass and so designated for sacred purposes. The LXX has “something taken off.”

[25:2]  ¹³ tn The verb יִדְּבֶנּוּ (yiddÿvennu) is related to the word for the “freewill offering” (נְדָבָה, nÿdavah). The verb is used of volunteering for military campaigns (Judg 5:2, 9) and the willing offerings for both the first and second temples (see 1 Chr 29:5, 6, 9, 14, 17).

[25:2]  ¹⁴ tn The pronoun is plural.

[39:26]  ¹⁵ tn The words “there was” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[39:26]  ¹⁶ tn The infinitive “to minister” is present; “to be used” is supplied from the context.

[40:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “set up,” if it includes more than the curtain.

[40:21]  ¹⁸ tn Or “shielding” (NIV); Heb “the veil of the covering” (cf. KJV).