Exodus 18:19

18:19 Now listen to me, ¹  I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, ²  and you bring ³  their disputes ⁴  to God;

Exodus 26:9

26:9 You are to join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. You are to double over ⁵  the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.

Exodus 28:25

28:25 the other ⁶  two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them ⁷  to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

Exodus 28:37

28:37 You are to attach to it a blue cord so that it will be ⁸  on the turban; it is to be ⁹  on the front of the turban,

Exodus 39:18

39:18 the other ¹⁰  two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

[18:19]  ¹ tn Heb “hear my voice.”

[18:19]  ² tn The line reads “Be you to the people before God.” He is to be their representative before God. This is introducing the aspect of the work that only Moses could do, what he has been doing. He is to be before God for the people, to pray for them, to appeal on their behalf. Jethro is essentially saying, I understand that you cannot delegate this to anyone else, so continue doing it (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 219-20).

[18:19]  ³ tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; following the imperative it will be instruction as well. Since the imperative preceding this had the idea of “continue to be” as you are, this too has that force.

[18:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “words”; KJV, ASV “the causes”; NRSV “cases”; NLT “questions.”

[26:9]  ⁵ sn The text seems to describe this part as being in front of the tabernacle, hanging down to form a valence at the entrance (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 284).

[28:25]  ⁹ tn Here “the other” has been supplied.

[28:25]  ¹⁰ tn Here “them” has been supplied.

[28:37]  ¹³ tn The verb is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; it follows the same at the beginning of the verse. Since the first verb is equal to the imperfect of instruction, this could be as well, but it is more likely to be subordinated to express the purpose of the former.

[28:37]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “it will be,” an instruction imperfect.

[39:18]  ¹⁷ tn Here “other” has been supplied.