Exodus 9:5

9:5 The Lord set ¹  an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this ²  in the land.”

Exodus 10:4

10:4 But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring ³  locusts ⁴  into your territory ⁵  tomorrow.

Exodus 32:5

32:5 When ⁶  Aaron saw this, ⁷  he built an altar before it, ⁸  and Aaron made a proclamation ⁹  and said, “Tomorrow will be a feast ¹⁰  to the Lord.”

[9:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and Yahweh set.”

[9:5]  ² tn Heb “this thing.”

[10:4]  ³ tn הִנְנִי (hinni) before the active participle מֵבִיא (mevi’) is the imminent future construction: “I am about to bring” or “I am going to bring” – precisely, “here I am bringing.”

[10:4]  ⁴ tn One of the words for “locusts” in the Bible is אַרְבֶּה (’arbeh), which comes from רָבָה (ravah, “to be much, many”). It was used for locusts because of their immense numbers.

[10:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “within your border.”

[32:5]  ⁵ tn The preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive is subordinated as a temporal clause to the next preterite.

[32:5]  ⁶ tn The word “this” has been supplied.

[32:5]  ⁷ tn “Before it” means before the deity in the form of the calf. Aaron tried to redirect their worship to Yahweh, but the people had already broken down the barrier and were beyond control (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 413).

[32:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “called.”

[32:5]  ⁹ sn The word is חַג (khag), the pilgrim’s festival. This was the word used by Moses for their pilgrimage into the wilderness. Aaron seems here to be trying to do what Moses had intended they do, make a feast to Yahweh at Sinai, but his efforts will not compete with the idol. As B. Jacob says, Aaron saw all this happening and tried to rescue the true belief (Exodus, 941).