Keluaran 5:13

5:13 The slave masters were pressuring ¹  them, saying, “Complete ²  your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”

Keluaran 5:18

5:18 So now, get back to work! ³  You will not be given straw, but you must still produce ⁴  your quota ⁵  of bricks!”

Keluaran 39:4

39:4 They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.

Keluaran 39:43

39:43 Moses inspected ⁶  all the work – and ⁷  they had done it just as the Lord had commanded – they had done it exactly – and Moses blessed them. ⁸ 

[5:13]  ¹ tn Or “pressed.”

[5:13]  ² tn כַּלּוּ (kallu) is the Piel imperative; the verb means “to finish, complete” in the sense of filling up the quota.

[5:18]  ³ tn The text has two imperatives: “go, work.” They may be used together to convey one complex idea (so a use of hendiadys): “go back to work.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tn The imperfect תִּתֵּנּוּ (tittennu) is here taken as an obligatory imperfect: “you must give” or “you must produce.”

[5:18]  ⁵ sn B. Jacob is amazed at the wealth of this tyrant’s vocabulary in describing the work of others. Here, תֹכֶן (tokhen) is another word for “quota” of bricks, the fifth word used to describe their duty (Exodus, 137).

[39:43]  ⁶ tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.”

[39:43]  ⁷ tn 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…”

[39:43]  ⁸ sn 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.