17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, 6 according to their tribes 7 – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
29:12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days.
1 tn Heb “and they brought.”
2 sn For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.
3 tc The LXX omits this first clause; it also omits “at twilight.”
5 tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”
6 tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”
7 tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”
8 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
9 sn Or about 420 imperial pounds.
11 tn Heb “morrow.”
12 tn Heb “with a high hand”; the expression means “defiantly; boldly” or “with confidence.” The phrase is usually used for arrogant sin and pride, the defiant fist, as it were. The image of the high hand can also mean the hand raised to deliver the blow (Job 38:15).
13 tn Heb “in the eyes.”