Keluaran 6:7

6:7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. ¹  Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to ²  the Egyptians.

Bilangan 14:30

14:30 You will by no means enter into the land where ³  I swore ⁴  to settle ⁵  you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Ulangan 32:40

32:40 For I raise up my hand to heaven,

and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,

Nehemia 9:15

9:15 You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn ⁶  to give them.

Yehezkiel 20:5

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore ⁷  to the descendants ⁸  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore ⁹  to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Daniel 12:7

12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ¹⁰  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ¹¹  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

Daniel 10:5-6

10:5 I looked up ¹²  and saw a ¹³  man ¹⁴  clothed in linen; ¹⁵  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ¹⁶  10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ¹⁷  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ¹⁸  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ¹⁹  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

[6:7]  ¹ sn These covenant promises are being reiterated here because they are about to be fulfilled. They are addressed to the nation, not individuals, as the plural suffixes show. Yahweh was their God already, because they had been praying to him and he is acting on their behalf. When they enter into covenant with God at Sinai, then he will be the God of Israel in a new way (19:4-6; cf. Gen 17:7-8; 28:20-22; Lev 26:11-12; Jer 24:7; Ezek 11:17-20).

[6:7]  ² tn Heb “from under the burdens of” (so KJV, NASB); NIV “from under the yoke of.”

[14:30]  ³ tn The relative pronoun “which” is joined with the resumptive pronoun “in it” to form a smoother reading “where.”

[14:30]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text uses the anthropomorphic expression “I raised my hand” in taking an oath.

[14:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “to cause you to dwell; to cause you to settle.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “had lifted your hand.”

[20:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “seed.”

[20:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[12:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ¹¹ tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).

[10:5]  ¹² tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5]  ¹⁴ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

[10:5]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

[10:5]  ¹⁶ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

[10:6]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”

[10:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).