Keluaran 8:1

8:1 (7:26) ¹  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Release my people in order that they may serve me!

Keluaran 12:42

12:42 It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt, ²  and so ³  on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil ⁴  to the Lord for generations to come.

Keluaran 19:21

19:21 The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly warn ⁵  the people, lest they force their way through to the Lord to look, and many of them perish. ⁶ 

Keluaran 35:29

35:29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord through ⁷  Moses had commanded them ⁸  to do.

[8:1]  ¹ sn Beginning with 8:1, the verse numbers through 8:32 in English Bibles differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 8:1 ET = 7:26 HT, 8:2 ET = 7:27 HT, 8:3 ET = 7:28 HT, 8:4 ET = 7:29 HT, 8:5 ET = 8:1 HT, etc., through 8:32 ET = 8:28 HT. Thus in English Bibles chapter 8 has 32 verses, while in the Hebrew Bible it has 28 verses, with the four extra verses attached to chapter 7.

[12:42]  ² tn There is some ambiguity in לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים הוּא לַיהוָה (lel shimmurim hu’ la’adonay [layhveh]). It is likely that this first clause means that Yahweh was on watch for Israel to bring them out, as the next clause says. He was protecting his people (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 102). Then, the night of vigil will be transferred to Israel, who now must keep it “to” him.

[12:42]  ³ tn “and so” has been supplied.

[12:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “this night is for Yahweh a vigil for all Israelites for their generations.”

[19:21]  ⁵ tn The imperative הָעֵד (ha’ed) means “charge” them – put them under oath, or solemnly warn them. God wished to ensure that the people would not force their way past the barriers that had been set out.

[19:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and fall”; NAB “be struck down.”

[35:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[35:29]  ⁸ tn Here “them” has been supplied.