Exodus 32:30

32:30 The next day Moses said to the people, ¹  “You have committed a very serious sin, ²  but now I will go up to the Lord – perhaps I can make atonement ³  on behalf of your sin.”

Joshua 7:12

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ⁴  I will no longer be with you, ⁵  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ⁶ 

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁷  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁸ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 21:3

21:3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

Hebrews 2:17

2:17 Therefore he had ⁹  to be made like his brothers and sisters ¹⁰  in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement ¹¹  for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 2:1-2

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹²  proved to be so firm that every violation ¹³  or disobedience received its just penalty,

¹ tn Heb “and it was on the morrow and Moses said to the people.”

² tn The text uses a cognate accusative: “you have sinned a great sin.”

³ tn The form אֲכַפְּרָה (’akhappÿrah) is a Piel cohortative/imperfect. Here with only a possibility of being successful, a potential imperfect nuance works best.

⁴ tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

⁵ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

⁶ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

⁷ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁸ map For the location of Bethel see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁹ tn Or “he was obligated.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

¹¹ tn Or “propitiation.”

¹² sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

¹³ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”