Keluaran 8:7

8:7 The magicians did the same ¹  with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too. ² 

Keluaran 17:10

17:10 So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him; ³ and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Keluaran 19:3

19:3 Moses ⁴  went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, “Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people ⁵  of Israel:

[8:7]  ¹ tn Heb “thus, so.”

[8:7]  ² sn In these first two plagues the fact that the Egyptians could and did duplicate them is ironic. By duplicating the experience, they added to the misery of Egypt. One wonders why they did not use their skills to rid the land of the pests instead, and the implication of course is that they could not.

[17:10]  ³ tn The line in Hebrew reads literally: And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek. The infinitive construct is epexegetical, explaining what Joshua did that was in compliance with Moses’ words.

[19:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Moses went up.”

[19:3]  ⁵ tn This expression is normally translated as “Israelites” in this translation, but because in this place it is parallel to “the house of Jacob” it seemed better to offer a fuller rendering.