Exodus 1:21

1:21 And because the midwives feared God, he made ¹  households ²  for them.

Exodus 14:22

14:22 So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall ³  for them on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:29

14:29 But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Exodus 15:21

15:21 Miriam sang in response ⁴  to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.” ⁵ 

Exodus 28:42

28:42 Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; ⁶  they must cover ⁷  from the waist to the thighs.

Exodus 30:21

30:21 they must wash ⁸  their hands and their feet so that they do not die. And this ⁹  will be a perpetual ordinance for them and for their descendants ¹⁰  throughout their generations.” ¹¹ 

Exodus 32:24

32:24 So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, break it off.’ So they gave it ¹²  to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.” ¹³ 

[1:21]  ¹ tn The temporal indicator וַיְהִי (vayÿhi) focuses attention on the causal clause and lays the foundation for the main clause, namely, “God made households for them.” This is the second time the text affirms the reason for their defiance, their fear of God.

[1:21]  ² tn Or “families”; Heb “houses.”

[14:22]  ³ tn The clause literally reads, “and the waters [were] for them a wall.” The word order in Hebrew is disjunctive, with the vav (ו) on the noun introducing a circumstantial clause.

[15:21]  ⁵ tn The verb עָנָה (’ana) normally means “to answer,” but it can be used more technically to describe antiphonal singing in Hebrew and in Ugaritic.

[15:21]  ⁶ sn This song of the sea is, then, a great song of praise for Yahweh’s deliverance of Israel at the Sea, and his preparation to lead them to the promised land, much to the (anticipated) dread of the nations. The principle here, and elsewhere in Scripture, is that the people of God naturally respond to God in praise for his great acts of deliverance. Few will match the powerful acts that were exhibited in Egypt, but these nonetheless set the tone. The song is certainly typological of the song of the saints in heaven who praise God for delivering them from the bondage of this world by judging the world. The focus of the praise, though, still is on the person (attributes) and works of God.

[28:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “naked flesh” (so NAB, NRSV); KJV “nakedness.”

[28:42]  ⁸ tn Heb “be.”

[30:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “and [then] they will wash.”

[30:21]  ¹⁰ tn The verb is “it will be.”

[30:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for his seed.”

[30:21]  ¹² tn Or “for generations to come”; it literally is “to their generations.”

[32:24]  ¹¹ tn Here “it” has been supplied.

[32:24]  ¹² sn Aaron first tried to blame the people, and then he tried to make it sound like a miracle – was it to sound like one of the plagues where out of the furnace came life? This text does not mention it, but Deut 9:20 tells how angry God was with Aaron. Only intercession saved his life.