Exodus 12:21

12:21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, “Go and select ¹  for yourselves a lamb or young goat ²  for your families, and kill the Passover animals. ³ 

Exodus 16:31

16:31 The house of Israel ⁴  called its name “manna.” ⁵  It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted ⁶  like wafers with honey.

Exodus 19:20

19:20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

[12:21]  ¹ tn Heb “draw out and take.” The verb has in view the need “to draw out” a lamb or goat selected from among the rest of the flock.

[12:21]  ² tn The Hebrew noun is singular and can refer to either a lamb or a goat. Since English has no common word for both, the phrase “a lamb or young goat” is used in the translation.

[12:21]  ³ tn The word “animals” is added to avoid giving the impression in English that the Passover festival itself is the object of “kill.”

[16:31]  ⁴ sn The name “house of Israel” is unusual in this context.

[16:31]  ⁵ tn Hebrew מָן (man).

[16:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “like seed of coriander, white, its taste was.”