78:8 Then they will not be like their ancestors,
who were a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation that was not committed
and faithful to God. 1
78:37 They were not really committed to him, 2
and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. 4
15:5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth 9 of the Jordan River. 10
The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan, 11
11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted 15 the word of God. 16
1:1 From Paul, 17 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 tn Heb “a generation that did not make firm its heart and whose spirit was not faithful with God.” The expression “make firm the heart” means “to be committed, devoted” (see 1 Sam 7:3).
2 tn Heb “and their heart was not firm with him.”
3 tn Heb “Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance to this day.”
4 tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”
5 tn Heb “went out.”
6 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
7 tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).
8 tn The translation follows the LXX at this point. The MT reads, “This will be your southern border.”
9 tn Heb “end.”
10 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.
11 tn Heb “the border on the northern side was from the tongue of the sea, from the end of the Jordan.”
12 tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.
13 tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.
14 tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.
15 tn See BDAG 221 s.v. δέχομαι 5 for this translation of ἐδέξαντο (edexanto) here.
16 tn Here the phrase “word of God” is another way to describe the gospel (note the preceding verb ἐδέξαντο, edexanto, “accepted”). The phrase could also be translated “the word [message] from God.”
17 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
18 tn Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).