Keluaran 12:16

12:16 On the first day there will be a holy convocation, ¹  and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind ²  on them, only what every person will eat – that alone may be prepared for you.

Keluaran 28:38

28:38 It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, ³  which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; ⁴  it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance ⁵  before the Lord.

Keluaran 35:24

35:24 Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as ⁶  an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood ⁷  for any work of the service brought it. ⁸ 

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 ⁹  Moses had commanded them ¹⁰  to do.

Keluaran 36:1

36:1 So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person ¹¹  in whom the Lord has put skill ¹²  and ability ¹³  to know how ¹⁴  to do all the work for the service ¹⁵  of the sanctuary are to do the work ¹⁶  according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

Keluaran 38:26

38:26 one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, ¹⁷  according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, ¹⁸  603,550 in all. ¹⁹ 

[12:16]  ¹ sn This refers to an assembly of the people at the sanctuary for religious purposes. The word “convocation” implies that the people were called together, and Num 10:2 indicates they were called together by trumpets.

[12:16]  ² tn Heb “all/every work will not be done.” The word refers primarily to the work of one’s occupation. B. Jacob (Exodus, 322) explains that since this comes prior to the fuller description of laws for Sabbaths and festivals, the passage simply restricts all work except for the preparation of food. Once the laws are added, this qualification is no longer needed. Gesenius translates this as “no manner of work shall be done” (GKC 478-79 §152.b).

[28:38]  ³ tn The construction “the iniquity of the holy things” is difficult. “Holy things” is explained in the passage by all the gifts the people bring and consecrate to Yahweh. But there will inevitably be iniquity involved. U. Cassuto explains that Aaron “will atone for all the transgressions committed in connection with the order of the service, the purity of the consecrated things, or the use of the holy gifts, for the declaration engraved on the plate will prove that everything was intended to be holy to the Lord, and if aught was done irregularly, the intention at least was good” (Exodus, 385).

[28:38]  ⁴ tn The clause reads: “according to/by all the gifts of their holiness.” The genitive is an attributive genitive, the suffix on it referring to the whole bound construction – “their holy gifts.” The idea of the line is that the people will consecrate as holy things gifts they bring to the sanctuary.

[28:38]  ⁵ tn This clause is the infinitive construct with the lamed preposition, followed by the prepositional phrase: “for acceptance for them.” This infinitive provides the purpose or result of the act of wearing the dedicatory frontlet – that they will be acceptable.

[35:24]  ⁶ tn This translation takes “offering” as an adverbial accusative explaining the form or purpose of their bringing things. It could also be rendered as the direct object, but that would seem to repeat without much difference what had just been said.

[35:24]  ⁷ sn U. Cassuto notes that the expression “with whom was found” does not rule out the idea that these folks went out and cut down acacia trees (Exodus, 458). It is unlikely that they had much wood in their tents.

[35:24]  ⁸ tn Here “it” has been supplied.

[35:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[35:29]  ¹⁰ tn Here “them” has been supplied.

[36:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “wise of [in] heart.”

[36:1]  ¹² tn Heb “wisdom.”

[36:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “understanding, discernment.”

[36:1]  ¹⁴ tn The relative clause includes this infinitive clause that expresses either the purpose or the result of God’s giving wisdom and understanding to these folk.

[36:1]  ¹⁵ tn This noun is usually given an interpretive translation. B. Jacob renders the bound relationship as “the holy task” or “the sacred task” (Exodus, 1019). The NIV makes it “constructing,” so read “the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

[36:1]  ¹⁶ tn The first word of the verse is a perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it is singular because it agrees with the first of the compound subject. The sentence is a little cumbersome because of the extended relative clause in the middle.

[38:26]  ¹⁷ sn The weight would be about half an ounce.

[38:26]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “upward.”

[38:26]  ¹⁹ tn The phrase “in all” has been supplied.