1 tn Heb “you will become numerous and fruitful.”
2 tn Or “chest.”
3 tn Heb “the ark of the covenant.” It is called this because it contained the tables of the law which in abbreviated form constituted their covenant obligations to the
4 tn Or “Nor will another one be made”; Heb “one will not do/make [it?] again.”
5 tn Heb “all those who are cut off on the side of the head who live in the desert.” KJV and some other English versions (e.g., NIV “who live in the desert in distant places”; NLT “who live in distant places”) have followed the interpretation that this is a biform of an expression meaning “end or remote parts of the [far] corners [of the earth].” This interpretation is generally abandoned by the more recent commentaries and lexicons (see, e.g. BDB 802 s.v. פֵּאָה 1 and HALOT 858 s.v. פֵּאָה 1.β). It occurs also in 25:33; 49:32.
6 tn Heb “For all of these nations are uncircumcised.” The words “I will do so” are supplied in the translation to indicate the connection with the preceding statement.
7 tn Heb “house of Israel.”
8 tn Heb “And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised of heart.”
9 tn Heb “I will give them a heart to know me that I am the
10 tn Heb “with all their heart.”