14:20 Then the Lord said, “I have forgiven them as you asked. 1
16:4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground. 4
1 tn Heb “forgiven according to your word.” The direct object, “them,” is implied.
2 tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.
3 tn The word אָבַל (’aval) is rare, used mostly for mourning over deaths, but it is used here of mourning over bad news (see also Exod 33:4; 1 Sam 15:35; 16:1; etc.).
3 tn Heb “fell on his face.”