Text -- Exodus 39:42-43 (NET)

39:42 The Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses. 39:43 Moses inspected all the work– and they had done it just as the Lord had commanded– they had done it exactly– and Moses blessed them.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 39:43

¹ tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.”

² 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…”

³ 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.