1sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way. 2tn The verb is the infinitive that means “to do, to work.” It could be given a literal rendering: “to work [them into] the blue….” Weaving or embroidering is probably what is intended. 3tn Heb “from it” or the same. 4tn Or “as seals are engraved.” 5sn The twelve names were those of Israel’s sons. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons as such, but the twelve tribes that bore their names. 6tn Or “attached.” 7tn That is, they set in mountings. 8tn The phrase “the number of” has been supplied. 9tn Here “upper” has been supplied. 10tn Here “other” has been supplied. 11tn Here “other” has been supplied. 12tn Heb “homeward side.” 13tn Here “more” has been supplied. 14tn The word is simply “twined” or “twisted.” It may refer to the twisted linen that so frequently is found in these lists; or, it may refer to the yarn twisted. The LXX reads “fine twined linen.” This is not found in the text of Exod 28:33, except in Smr and LXX. 15tn The words “there was” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. 16tn The infinitive “to minister” is present; “to be used” is supplied from the context. 17sn The last sections of the book bring several themes together to a full conclusion. Not only is it the completion of the tabernacle, it is the fulfillment of God’s plan revealed at the beginning of the book, i.e., to reside with his people. 18tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5. 19tn Or “shielding” (NIV); NASB “the screening veil.” 20tn Possibly meaning “pure gold lampstand.” 21tn Heb “utensils, vessels.” 22tn The form is the infinitive construct; it means the clothes to be used “to minister” in the holy place. 23tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.” 24tn The deictic particle draws attention to what he saw in such a way as to give the reader Moses’ point of view and a sense of his pleasure: “and behold, they…” 25sn The situation and wording in Exod 39:43 are reminiscent of Gen 1:28 and 31, with the motifs of blessing people and inspecting what has been made.
1sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.
2tn The verb is the infinitive that means “to do, to work.” It could be given a literal rendering: “to work [them into] the blue….” Weaving or embroidering is probably what is intended.
3tn Heb “from it” or the same.
4tn Or “as seals are engraved.”
5sn The twelve names were those of Israel’s sons. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons as such, but the twelve tribes that bore their names.
6tn Or “attached.”
7tn That is, they set in mountings.
8tn The phrase “the number of” has been supplied.
9tn Here “upper” has been supplied.
10tn Here “other” has been supplied.
11tn Here “other” has been supplied.
12tn Heb “homeward side.”
13tn Here “more” has been supplied.
14tn The word is simply “twined” or “twisted.” It may refer to the twisted linen that so frequently is found in these lists; or, it may refer to the yarn twisted. The LXX reads “fine twined linen.” This is not found in the text of Exod 28:33, except in Smr and LXX.
15tn The words “there was” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
16tn The infinitive “to minister” is present; “to be used” is supplied from the context.
17sn The last sections of the book bring several themes together to a full conclusion. Not only is it the completion of the tabernacle, it is the fulfillment of God’s plan revealed at the beginning of the book, i.e., to reside with his people.
18tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5.
19tn Or “shielding” (NIV); NASB “the screening veil.”
20tn Possibly meaning “pure gold lampstand.”
21tn Heb “utensils, vessels.”
22tn The form is the infinitive construct; it means the clothes to be used “to minister” in the holy place.
23tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.”
24tn The deictic particle draws attention to what he saw in such a way as to give the reader Moses’ point of view and a sense of his pleasure: “and behold, they…”
25sn The situation and wording in Exod 39:43 are reminiscent of Gen 1:28 and 31, with the motifs of blessing people and inspecting what has been made.