39:2 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
26:14 “You are to make a covering 1 for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather. 2
41:26 Whoever strikes it with a sword 5
will have no effect, 6
nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.
1 sn Two outer coverings made of stronger materials will be put over the tent and the curtain, the two inner layers.
2 tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5.
3 tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.
4 tn Heb “all the house.”
5 tn This is the clearest reading, following A. B. Davidson, Job, 285. The versions took different readings of the construction.
6 tn The verb קוּם (qum, “stand”) with בְּלִי (bÿli, “not”) has the sense of “does not hold firm,” or “gives way.”