Discovery BoxNumbers 28:9-10
Context28:9 “‘On the Sabbath day, you must offer 1 two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah 2 of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering. 28:10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, 3 besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
John 7:22-23
Context7:22 However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision 4 (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child 5 on the Sabbath. 7:23 But if a male child 6 is circumcised 7 on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, 8 why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well 9 on the Sabbath?
[28:9] 1 tn The words “you must offer” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.
[28:9] 2 sn That is, about 4 quarts.
[28:10] 3 tn Heb “the burnt offering of the Sabbath by its Sabbath.”
[7:22] 4 tn Grk “gave you circumcision.”
[7:22] 5 tn Grk “a man.” While the text literally reads “circumcise a man” in actual fact the practice of circumcising male infants on the eighth day after birth (see Phil 3:5) is primarily what is in view here.
[7:23] 6 tn Grk “a man.” See the note on “male child” in the previous verse.
[7:23] 7 tn Grk “receives circumcision.”
[7:23] 8 sn If a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken. The Rabbis counted 248 parts to a man’s body. In the Talmud (b. Yoma 85b) R. Eleazar ben Azariah (ca.
