Exodus 4:8
Context4:8 “If 1 they do not believe you or pay attention to 2 the former sign, then they may 3 believe the latter sign. 4
Exodus 12:18
Context12:18 In the first month, 5 from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.


[4:8] 1 tn Heb “and it will be if.”
[4:8] 2 tn Heb “listen to the voice of,” meaning listen so as to respond appropriately.
[4:8] 3 tn The nuance of this perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive will be equal to the imperfect of possibility – “they may believe.”
[4:8] 4 tn Heb “believe the voice of the latter sign,” so as to understand and accept the meaning of the event.