² sn See G. Brin, “The Firstling of Unclean Animals,” JQR 68 (1971): 1-15.

¹ tn Heb “give” (also four additional times in vv. 6-8).

¹ sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT] above.

¹ sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT].

¹ sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT] above.

¹ sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT].

¹ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.” See Pss 5:5; 6:8.

¹ sn For a similar reference to true and righteous judgment see Mic 6:8.

⁴ tn Grk “all you workers of iniquity.” The phrase resembles Ps 6:8.

¹ tn Or “were adamant.” For “persisted in saying,” see L&N 68.71.

³ tn Normally a reference to actual coins (“currency”). See L&N 6.68.

⁵ sn Justice was a major theme of OT ethics (Mic 6:8; Zech 7:8-10).

⁴ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).

¹ sn Lev 6:8 in the English Bible = 6:1 in the Hebrew text. See also the note on 6:1.

² tn Heb “he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening” (cf. also vv. 6-8, 10-11, etc.).

¹ tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.

⁴ tn In Ps 68:24 this word has the meaning of “processions”; here that procession is of traveling merchants forming convoys or caravans.

¹ tn Heb “the workers of wickedness.” See Pss 5:5; 6:8. Ps 14:4 adds כֹּל (kol, “all of”) before “workers of wickedness.”

¹ sn Psalm 68. The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior and celebrates the fact that God exerts his power on behalf of his people.

¹ tn The plural of the term מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash) probably refers to the temple precincts (see Ps 68:35; Jer 51:51).