16:32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!
1 tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the plan or pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).
2 tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.
3 sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.