24:5 “You must take choice wheat flour 4 and bake twelve loaves; 5 there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in 6 each loaf,
1 tn Heb “And the priest shall command and he shall slaughter.” See the note on “be taken up” (v. 4).
2 tn Heb “into a vessel of clay over living water.” The expression “living [i.e., ‘fresh’] water” (cf. Lev 14:50; 15:13; Num 19:17) refers to water that flows. It includes such water sources as artesian wells (Gen 26:19; Song of Songs 4:15), springs (Jer 2:13, as opposed to cisterns; cf. 17:13), and flowing streams (Zech 14:8). In other words, this is water that has not stood stagnant as, for example, in a sealed-off cistern.
3 tn See the note on v. 5 above.
5 sn See the note on Lev 2:1.
6 tn Heb “and bake it twelve loaves”; KJV, NAB, NASB “cakes.”
7 tn The words “of flour” are supplied in the translation for clarity.