34:21 “On six days 1 you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; 2 even at the time of plowing and of harvest 3 you are to rest. 4
1 tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.
2 tn Or “cease” (i.e., from the labors).
3 sn See M. Dahood, “Vocative lamed in Exodus 2,4 and Merismus in 34,21,” Bib 62 (1981): 413-15.
4 tn The imperfect tense expresses injunction or instruction.
5 tn Heb “and he made.”
6 sn Since it was a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to be carried. The second mention of their location clarifies that they should be on the sides, the right and the left, as one approached the altar.
7 tn Heb “for houses.”