Exodus 28:29

28:29 Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart ¹  when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.

Exodus 28:35

28:35 The robe ²  is to be on Aaron as he ministers, ³  and his sound will be heard ⁴  when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die.

Exodus 29:29

29:29 “The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed ⁵  in them and consecrated ⁶  in them.

Exodus 30:13

30:13 Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered ⁷  is to pay this: a half shekel ⁸  according to the shekel of the sanctuary ⁹  (a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering ¹⁰  to the Lord.

Exodus 35:19

35:19 the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.”

Exodus 36:4

36:4 So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work ¹¹  they were doing

Exodus 36:6

36:6 Moses instructed them to take ¹²  his message ¹³  throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. ¹⁴ 

Exodus 38:25

38:25 The silver of those who were numbered of the community was one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, ¹⁵  according to the sanctuary shekel,

Exodus 38:27

38:27 The one hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain – one hundred bases for one hundred talents, one talent per base.

Exodus 39:30

39:30 They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, “Holiness to the Lord.”

Exodus 39:41

39:41 the woven garments for serving ¹⁶  in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.

[28:29]  ¹ sn So Aaron will have the names of the tribes on his shoulders (v. 12) which bear the weight and symbol of office (see Isa 9:6; 22:22), and over his heart (implying that they have a constant place in his thoughts [Deut 6:6]). Thus he was to enter the presence of God as the nation’s representative, ever mindful of the nation’s interests, and ever bringing the remembrance of it before God (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 306).

[28:35]  ² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the robe) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:35]  ³ tn The form is a Piel infinitive construct with the lamed (ל) preposition: “to minister” or “to serve.” It may be taken epexegetically here, “while serving,” although S. R. Driver takes it as a purpose, “in order that he may minister” (Exodus, 308). The point then would be that he dare not enter into the Holy Place without wearing it.

[28:35]  ⁴ sn God would hear the bells and be reminded that this priest was in his presence representing the nation and that the priest had followed the rules of the sanctuary by wearing the appropriate robes with their attachments.

[29:29]  ³ tn The construction is an infinitive construct with a lamed (ל) preposition. The form simply means “for anointing,” but it serves to express the purpose or result of their inheriting the sacred garments.

[29:29]  ⁴ tn This form is a Piel infinitive construct with a lamed (ל) preposition. It literally reads “for filling the hands,” the idiom used throughout this chapter for ordination or installation. Here too it has a parallel use of purpose or result.

[30:13]  ⁴ sn Each man was to pass in front of the counting officer and join those already counted on the other side.

[30:13]  ⁵ sn The half shekel weight of silver would be about one-fifth of an ounce (6 grams).

[30:13]  ⁶ sn It appears that some standard is in view for the amount of a shekel weight. The sanctuary shekel is sometimes considered to be twice the value of the ordinary shekel. The “gerah,” also of uncertain meaning, was mentioned as a reference point for the ancient reader to understand the value of the required payment. It may also be that the expression meant “a sacred shekel” and looked at the purpose more – a shekel for sanctuary dues. This would mean that the standard of the shekel weight was set because it was the traditional amount of sacred dues (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 333). “Though there is no certainty, the shekel is said to weigh about 11,5 grams…Whether an official standard is meant [by ‘sanctuary shekel’] or whether the sanctuary shekel had a different weight than the ‘ordinary’ shekel is not known” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:181).

[30:13]  ⁷ tn Or “contribution” (תְּרוּמָה, tÿrumah).

[36:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man, a man from his work”; or “each one from his work.”

[36:6]  ⁶ tn The verse simply reads, “and Moses commanded and they caused [a voice] to cross over in the camp.” The second preterite with the vav may be subordinated to the first clause, giving the intent (purpose or result).

[36:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “voice.”

[36:6]  ⁸ tn The verse ends with the infinitive serving as the object of the preposition: “from bringing.”

[38:25]  ⁷ sn This would be a total of 301,775 shekels (about 140,828 oz), being a half shekel exacted per person from 605,550 male Israelites 20 years old or more (Num 1:46). The amount is estimated to be around 3.75 tons.

[39:41]  ⁸ tn The form is the infinitive construct; it means the clothes to be used “to minister” in the holy place.