Exodus 20:11

20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Exodus 25:33

25:33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next ¹  branch, and the same ²  for the six branches extending from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:35

25:35 with a bud under the first ³  two branches from it, and a bud under the next ⁴  two branches from it, and a bud under the third ⁵  two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 31:17

31:17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days ⁶  the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’” ⁷ 

Exodus 37:19

37:19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next ⁸  branch, and the same ⁹  for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.

Exodus 37:21

37:21 with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it. ¹⁰ 

Exodus 38:26

38:26 one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, ¹¹  according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, ¹²  603,550 in all. ¹³ 

[25:33]  ¹ tn The text uses “one” again; “the one…the one” means “the one…and the next” in the distributive sense.

[25:33]  ² tn Heb “thus.”

[25:35]  ¹ tn For clarity the phrase “the first” has been supplied.

[25:35]  ² tn For clarity the phrase “the next” has been supplied.

[25:35]  ³ tn For clarity the phrase “the third” has been supplied.

[31:17]  ¹ tn The expression again forms an adverbial accusative of time.

[31:17]  ² sn The word “rest” essentially means “to cease, stop.” So describing God as “resting” on the seventh day does not indicate that he was tired – he simply finished creation and then ceased or stopped. But in this verse is a very bold anthropomorphism in the form of the verb וַיִּנָּפַשׁ (vayyinnafash), a Niphal preterite from the root נָפַשׁ (nafash), the word that is related to “life, soul” or more specifically “breath, throat.” The verb is usually translated here as “he was refreshed,” offering a very human picture. It could also be rendered “he took breath” (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 345). Elsewhere the verb is used of people and animals. The anthropomorphism is clearly intended to teach people to stop and refresh themselves physically, spiritually, and emotionally on this day of rest.

[37:19]  ¹ tn Heb “the one branch.” But the repetition of “one…one” means here one after another, or the “first” and then the “next.”

[37:19]  ² tn Heb “thus for six branches….”

[37:21]  ¹ tn As in Exod 26:35, the translation of “first” and “next” and “third” is interpretive, because the text simply says “under two branches” in each of three places.

[38:26]  ¹ sn The weight would be about half an ounce.

[38:26]  ² tn Heb “upward.”

[38:26]  ³ tn The phrase “in all” has been supplied.