33:1 This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
33:1 This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea 6 just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”
3 tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”
4 tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”
5 tn Heb “in the way in the way” (בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ, baderekh baderekh). The repetition lays great stress on the idea of resolute determination to stick to the path. IBHS 116 §7.2.3c.
6 tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.