Exodus 9:32

9:32 But the wheat and the spelt ¹  were not struck, for they are later crops.) ² 

Exodus 33:21

33:21 The Lord said, “Here ³  is a place by me; you will station yourself ⁴  on a rock.

[9:32]  ¹ tn The word כֻּסֶּמֶת (kussemet) is translated “spelt”; the word occurs only here and in Isa 28:25 and Ezek 4:9. Spelt is a grain closely allied to wheat. Other suggestions have been brought forward from the study of Egyptian crops (see a brief summary in W. C. Kaiser, Jr., “Exodus,” EBC 2:363-64).

[9:32]  ² tn Heb “for they are late.”

[33:21]  ³ tn The deictic particle is used here simply to call attention to a place of God’s knowing and choosing.

[33:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you will,” or interpretively, “where you will.”