29:29 “The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed 1 in them and consecrated 2 in them.
32:28 The Levites did what Moses ordered, 3 and that day about three thousand men of the people died. 4
1 tn The construction is an infinitive construct with a lamed (ל) preposition. The form simply means “for anointing,” but it serves to express the purpose or result of their inheriting the sacred garments.
2 tn This form is a Piel infinitive construct with a lamed (ל) preposition. It literally reads “for filling the hands,” the idiom used throughout this chapter for ordination or installation. Here too it has a parallel use of purpose or result.
3 tn Heb “did according to the word of Moses.”
4 tn Heb “fell.”