Joshua 4:6

4:6 The stones ¹  will be a reminder to you. ²  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Exodus 12:14

12:14 This day will become ³  a memorial ⁴  for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival ⁵  to the Lord – you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance. ⁶ 

Exodus 28:12

28:12 You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for a memorial. ⁷ 

Exodus 30:16

30:16 You are to receive the atonement money ⁸  from the Israelites and give it for the service ⁹  of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial ¹⁰  for the Israelites before the Lord, to make atonement ¹¹  for your lives.”

Numbers 16:40

16:40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of ¹²  Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company – just as the Lord had spoken by the authority ¹³  of Moses.

Psalms 111:4

111:4 He does ¹⁴  amazing things that will be remembered; ¹⁵ 

the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

Isaiah 66:3

66:3 The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; ¹⁶ 

the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; ¹⁷ 

the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; ¹⁸ 

the one who offers incense also praises an idol. ¹⁹ 

They have decided to behave this way; ²⁰ 

they enjoy these disgusting practices. ²¹ 

Isaiah 66:1

66:1 This is what the Lord says:

“The heavens are my throne

and the earth is my footstool.

Where then is the house you will build for me?

Where is the place where I will rest?

Colossians 1:24

1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

[12:14]  ³ tn Heb “and this day will be.”

[12:14]  ⁴ tn The expression “will be for a memorial” means “will become a memorial.”

[12:14]  ⁵ tn The verb וְחַגֹּתֶם (vÿkhaggotem), a perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive to continue the instruction, is followed by the cognate accusative חַג (khag), for emphasis. As the wording implies and the later legislation required, this would involve a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Yahweh.

[12:14]  ⁶ tn Two expressions show that this celebration was to be kept perpetually: the line has “for your generations, [as] a statute forever.” “Generations” means successive generations (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 94). עוֹלָם (’olam) means “ever, forever, perpetual” – no end in sight.

[28:12]  ⁷ sn This was to be a perpetual reminder that the priest ministers on behalf of the twelve tribes of Israel. Their names would always be borne by the priests.

[30:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the silver of the atonements.” The genitive here is the result (as in “sheep of slaughter”) telling what the money will be used for (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 11, §44).

[30:16]  ⁹ sn The idea of “service” is maintenance and care of the sanctuary and its service, meaning the morning and evening sacrifices and the other elements to be used.

[30:16]  ¹⁰ sn S. R. Driver says this is “to keep Jehovah in continual remembrance of the ransom which had been paid for their lives” (Exodus, 334).

[30:16]  ¹¹ tn The infinitive could be taken in a couple of ways here. It could be an epexegetical infinitive: “making atonement.” Or it could be the infinitive expressing result: “so that atonement will be made for your lives.”

[16:40]  ¹² tn Heb “from the seed of.”

[16:40]  ¹³ tn Heb “hand.”

[111:4]  ¹⁴ tn Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9).

[111:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”

[66:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “one who slaughters a bull, one who strikes down a man.” Some understand a comparison here and in the following lines. In God’s sight the one who sacrifices is like (i.e., regarded as) a murderer or one whose worship is ritually defiled or idolatrous. The translation above assumes that the language is not metaphorical, but descriptive of the sinners’ hypocritical behavior. (Note the last two lines of the verse, which suggests they are guilty of abominable practices.) On the one hand, they act pious and offer sacrifices; but at the same time they commit violent crimes against men, defile their sacrifices, and worship other gods.

[66:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “one who sacrifices a lamb, one who breaks a dog’s neck.” Some understand a comparison, but see the previous note.

[66:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “one who offers an offering, pig’s blood.” Some understand a comparison, but see the note at the end of the first line.

[66:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “one who offers incense as a memorial offering, one who blesses something false.” Some understand a comparison, but see the note at the end of the first line. אָוֶן (’aven), which has a wide variety of attested nuances, here refers metonymically to an idol. See HALOT 22 s.v. and BDB 20 s.v. 2.

[66:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “also they have chosen their ways.”

[66:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “their being [or “soul”] takes delight in their disgusting [things].”