Keluaran 6:19

6:19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

Keluaran 12:34

12:34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, ¹  with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.

Keluaran 29:14

29:14 But the meat of the bull, its skin, and its dung you are to burn up ²  outside the camp. ³  It is the purification offering. ⁴ 

Keluaran 31:3

31:3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God ⁵  in skill, ⁶  in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds ⁷  of craftsmanship,

[12:34]  ¹ tn The imperfect tense after the adverb טֶרֶם (terem) is to be treated as a preterite: “before it was leavened,” or “before the yeast was added.” See GKC 314-15 §107.c.

[29:14]  ² tn Heb “burn with fire.”

[29:14]  ³ sn This is to be done because there is no priesthood yet. Once they are installed, then the sin/purification offering is to be eaten by the officiating priests as a sign that the offering was received. But priests could not consume their own sin offering.

[29:14]  ⁴ sn There were two kinds of “purification offering,” those made with confession for sin and those made without. The title needs to cover both of them, and if it is called in the traditional way “the sin offering,” that will convey that when people offered it for skin diseases, menstruation, or having babies, they had sinned. That was not the case. Moreover, it is usual to translate the names of the sacrifices by what they do more than what they cover – so peace offering, reparation offering, and purification offering.

[31:3]  ⁵ sn The expression in the Bible means that the individual was given special, supernatural enablement to do what God wanted done. It usually is said of someone with exceptional power or ability. The image of “filling” usually means under the control of the Spirit, so that the Spirit is the dominant force in the life.

[31:3]  ⁶ sn The following qualities are the ways in which the Spirit’s enablement will be displayed. “Skill” is the ability to produce something valuable to God and the community, “understanding” is the ability to distinguish between things, to perceive the best way to follow, and “knowledge” is the experiential awareness of how things are done.

[31:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “and in all work”; “all” means “all kinds of” here.