[23:4] 1 tn Heb “a resident alien and a settler.”
[23:4] 2 tn Heb “give,” which is used here as an idiom for “sell” (see v. 9). The idiom reflects the polite bartering that was done in the culture at the time.
[23:4] 4 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose.
[23:4] 5 tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
