Exodus 16:36

16:36 (Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.) ¹ 

Exodus 12:3

12:3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘In the tenth day of this month they each ²  must take a lamb ³  for themselves according to their families ⁴  – a lamb for each household. ⁵ 

Exodus 29:40

29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah ⁶  of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin ⁷  of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

[16:36]  ¹ tn The words “omer” and “ephah” are transliterated Hebrew words. The omer is mentioned only in this passage. (It is different from a “homer” [cf. Ezek 45:11-14].) An ephah was a dry measure whose capacity is uncertain: “Quotations given for the ephah vary from ca. 45 to 20 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 2:340-41).

[12:3]  ² tn Heb “and they will take for them a man a lamb.” This is clearly a distributive, or individualizing, use of “man.”

[12:3]  ³ tn The שֶּׂה (seh) is a single head from the flock, or smaller cattle, which would include both sheep and goats.

[12:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to the house of their fathers.” The expression “house of the father” is a common expression for a family.

[12:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (also at the beginning of the following verse).

[29:40]  ³ tn The phrase “of an ephah” has been supplied for clarity (cf. Num 28:5). The ephah was a commonly used dry measure whose capacity is now uncertain: “Quotations given for the ephah vary from ca. 45 to 20 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 2:340-41).

[29:40]  ⁴ tn “Hin” is a transliterated Hebrew word that seems to have an Egyptian derivation. The amount of liquid measured by a hin is uncertain: “Its presumed capacity varies from about 3,5 liters to 7,5 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:550).