7:11 “‘This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he 4 is to present to the Lord. 7:12 If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, 5 along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, 6 and well soaked 7 ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour 8 mixed with olive oil. 7:13 He must present this grain offering 9 in addition to ring-shaped loaves of leavened bread which regularly accompany 10 the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offering. 7:14 He must present one of each kind of grain offering 11 as a contribution offering 12 to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering. 7:15 The meat of his 13 thanksgiving peace offering must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not set any of it aside until morning.
7:16 “‘If his offering is a votive or freewill sacrifice, 14 it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day, 15 7:17 but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire 16 on the third day.
27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments 19 I am giving 20 you today.
29:2 Moses proclaimed to all Israel as follows: “You have seen all that the Lord did 24 in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants, and his land.
30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses 25 I have set before you, you will reflect upon them 26 in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses 27 I have set before you, you will reflect upon them 28 in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn 29 from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. 30
1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your 31 minds 32 as expressed through 33 your evil deeds,
1:1 From Paul, 34 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 tn Heb “he did not stretch out his hand,” i.e., to destroy them.
2 tn The verb is חָזָה (khazah); it can mean “to see, perceive” or “see a vision” as the prophets did. The LXX safeguarded this by saying, “appeared in the place of God.” B. Jacob says they beheld – prophetically, religiously (Exodus, 746) – but the meaning of that is unclear. The fact that God did not lay a hand on them – to kill them – shows that they saw something that they never expected to see and live. Some Christian interpreters have taken this to refer to a glorious appearance of the preincarnate Christ, the second person of the Trinity. They saw the brilliance of this manifestation – but not the detail. Later, Moses will still ask to see God’s glory – the real presence behind the phenomena.
3 sn This is the covenant meal, the peace offering, that they are eating there on the mountain. To eat from the sacrifice meant that they were at peace with God, in covenant with him. Likewise, in the new covenant believers draw near to God on the basis of sacrifice, and eat of the sacrifice because they are at peace with him, and in Christ they see the Godhead revealed.
4 tn This “he” pronoun refers to the offerer. Smr and LXX have plural “they.”
5 tn Or “for a thank offering.”
6 tn See the notes on Lev 2:4.
7 tn See the note on Lev 6:21 [6:14 HT].
8 tn Heb “choice wheat flour well soaked ring-shaped loaves.” See the note on Lev 2:1.
9 tn The rendering “this [grain] offering” is more literally “his offering,” but it refers to the series of grain offerings listed just previously in v. 12.
10 tn The words “which regularly accompany” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarity.
11 tn Here the Hebrew text reads “offering” (קָרְבָּן, qorbban), not “grain offering” (מִנְחָה, minkhah), but in this context the term refers once again to the list in 7:12.
12 tn The term rendered “contribution offering” is תְּרוּמָה (tÿrumah), which generally refers to that which is set aside from the offerings to the
13 tn In the verse “his” refers to the offerer.
14 tn For the distinction between votive and freewill offerings see the note on Lev 22:23 and the literature cited there.
15 tn Heb “and on the next day and the left over from it shall be eaten.”
16 tn Heb “burned with fire,” an expression which is sometimes redundant in English, but here means “burned up,” “burned up entirely” (likewise in v. 19).
17 tn Heb “and your houses,” referring to entire households. The pronouns “you” and “your” are plural in the Hebrew text.
18 tn Heb “the
19 tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.
20 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).
21 tn Heb “set him apart.”
22 tn Heb “for evil”; NAB “for doom”; NASB “for adversity”; NIV “for disaster”; NRSV “for calamity.”
23 tn Heb “will say and see.” One expects a quotation to appear, but it seems to be omitted. To avoid confusion in the translation, the verb “will say” is omitted.
24 tn The Hebrew text includes “to your eyes,” but this is redundant in English style (cf. the preceding “you have seen”) and is omitted in the translation.
25 tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”
26 tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”
27 tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”
28 tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”
29 tn See the note on the term “firstborn” in 1:15. Here the reference to Jesus as the “firstborn from among the dead” seems to be arguing for a chronological priority, i.e., Jesus was the first to rise from the dead.
30 tn Grk “in order that he may become in all things, himself, first.”
31 tn The article τῇ (th) has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
32 tn Although διανοία (dianoia) is singular in Greek, the previous plural noun ἐχθρούς (ecqrous) indicates that all those from Colossae are in view here.
33 tn The dative ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς (en toi" ergoi" toi" ponhroi") is taken as means, indicating the avenue through which hostility in the mind is revealed and made known.
34 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.