Exodus 29:10

29:10 “You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put ¹  their hands on the head ²  of the bull.

Exodus 29:30

29:30 The priest who succeeds him ³  from his sons, when he first comes ⁴  to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days. ⁵ 

Exodus 29:32

29:32 Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Exodus 29:42

29:42 “This will be a regular ⁶  burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet ⁷  with you to speak to you there.

Exodus 29:44

29:44 “So I will set apart as holy ⁸  the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.

Exodus 30:18

30:18 “You are also to make a large bronze ⁹  basin with a bronze stand ¹⁰  for washing. You are to put it between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it, ¹¹ 

Exodus 30:20

30:20 When they enter ¹²  the tent of meeting, they must wash with ¹³  water so that they do not die. ¹⁴  Also, when they approach ¹⁵  the altar to minister by burning incense ¹⁶  as an offering made by fire ¹⁷  to the Lord,

Exodus 30:36

30:36 You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.

Exodus 31:7

31:7 the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings ¹⁸  of the tent,

Exodus 38:8

38:8 He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served ¹⁹  at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Exodus 39:32

Moses Inspects the Sanctuary

39:32 ²⁰ So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses – they did it exactly so.

Exodus 40:32

40:32 Whenever they entered ²¹  the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached ²²  the altar, they would wash, ²³  just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:35

40:35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

[29:10]  ¹ tn The verb is singular, agreeing with the first of the compound subject – Aaron.

[29:10]  ² sn The details of these offerings have to be determined from a careful study of Leviticus. There is a good deal of debate over the meaning of laying hands on the animals. At the very least it identifies the animal formally as their sacrifice. But it may very well indicate that the animal is a substitute for them as well, given the nature and the effect of the sacrifices.

[29:30]  ³ tn Heb “after him”; NCV, NLT “after Aaron.”

[29:30]  ⁴ tn The text just has the relative pronoun and the imperfect tense. It could be translated “who comes/enters.” But the context seems to indicate that this would be when he first comes to the tent to begin his tenure as High Priest, and so a temporal clause makes this clear. “First” has been supplied.

[29:30]  ⁵ tn “Seven days” is an adverbial accusative of time. The ritual of ordination is to be repeated for seven days, and so they are to remain there in the court in full dress.

[29:42]  ⁵ tn The translation has “regular” instead of “continually,” because they will be preparing this twice a day.

[29:42]  ⁶ tn The relative clause identifies the place in front of the Tent as the place that Yahweh would meet Moses. The main verb of the clause is אִוָּעֵד (’ivva’ed), a Niphal imperfect of the verb יָעַד (ya’ad), the verb that is cognate to the name “tent of meeting” – hence the name. This clause leads into the next four verses.

[29:44]  ⁷ tn This verse affirms the same point as the last, but now with an active verb: “I will set apart as holy” (or “I will sanctify”). This verse, then, probably introduces the conclusion of the chapter: “So I will….”

[30:18]  ⁹ sn The metal for this object was obtained from the women from their mirrors (see Exod 38:8).

[30:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and its stand bronze.”

[30:18]  ¹¹ tn The form is the adverb “there” with the directive qamets-he ( ָה).

[30:20]  ¹¹ tn The form is an infinitive construct with the temporal preposition bet (ב), and a suffixed subjective genitive: “in their going in,” or, whenever they enter.

[30:20]  ¹² tn “Water” is an adverbial accusative of means, and so is translated “with water.” Gesenius classifies this with verbs of “covering with something.” But he prefers to emend the text with a preposition (see GKC 369 §117.y, n. 1).

[30:20]  ¹³ tn The verb is a Qal imperfect with a nuance of final imperfect. The purpose/result clause here is indicated only with the conjunction: “and they do not die.” But clearly from the context this is the intended result of their washing – it is in order that they not die.

[30:20]  ¹⁴ tn Here, too, the infinitive is used in a temporal clause construction. The verb נָגַשׁ (nagash) is the common verb used for drawing near to the altar to make offerings – the official duties of the priest.

[30:20]  ¹⁵ tn The text uses two infinitives construct: “to minister to burn incense”; the first is the general term and expresses the purpose of the drawing near, and the second infinitive is epexegetical, explaining the first infinitive.

[30:20]  ¹⁶ tn The translation “as an offering made by fire” is a standard rendering of the one word in the text that appears to refer to “fire.” Milgrom and others contend that it simply means a “gift” (Leviticus 1-16, 161).

[31:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “all the vessels of the tent.”

[38:8]  ¹⁵ sn The word for “serve” is not the ordinary one. It means “to serve in a host,” especially in a war. It appears that women were organized into bands and served at the tent of meeting. S. R. Driver thinks that this meant “no doubt” washing, cleaning, or repairing (Exodus, 391). But there is no hint of that (see 1 Sam 2:22; and see Ps 68:11 [12 Hebrew text]). They seem to have had more to do than what Driver said.

[39:32]  ¹⁷ sn The last sections of the book bring several themes together to a full conclusion. Not only is it the completion of the tabernacle, it is the fulfillment of God’s plan revealed at the beginning of the book, i.e., to reside with his people.

[40:32]  ¹⁹ tn The construction is the infinitive construct with the temporal preposition and the suffixed subjective genitive. This temporal clause indicates that the verb in the preceding verse was frequentative.

[40:32]  ²⁰ tn This is another infinitive construct in a temporal clause.

[40:32]  ²¹ tn In this explanatory verse the verb is a customary imperfect.