² tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

² tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

² sn The expression up to half my kingdom is a proverbial comment meaning “great wealth.”

¹ tn Grk “is left,” with “for us” implied by the first half of the verse.

² tn Grk “who”; verse 1 is one sentence in Greek, the second half constituting a relative clause.

¹ sn The people and Yahweh through this will be united by blood, for half was spattered on the altar and the other half spattered on/toward the people (v. 8).

⁵ tn The word “spice is repeated here, suggesting that the first three formed half of the ingredient and this spice the other half – but this is conjecture (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 400).

¹ tn The MT reads “with him,” which is problematic, since the reference would be to the other half of the tribe of Manasseh (not the half mentioned in v. 7).

¹ tn Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”

³ tn This half-verse is part of the protasis and not, as in the RSV, the apodosis to the first half. The series of “if” clauses will continue through these verses until v. 15.

⁴ sn The parallel statement in Rev 12:6 suggests that the phrase a time, times, and half a time equals 1,260 days (three and a half years of 360 days each).

² sn The half shekel weight of silver would be about one-fifth of an ounce (6 grams).

² tn Heb “This is the day. What also now?” The precise meaning of the second half of the statement is uncertain.

¹ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

² tn Heb “twelve cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

¹ tn Heb “five cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

¹ tn Or “half a liter”; Grk “a pound” (that is, a Roman pound, about 325 grams or 12 ounces).

¹ tn Grk “having purified,” as the preparation for the love described in the second half of the verse.

³ tn The size is two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. The size in feet and inches is estimated on the assumption that the cubit is 18 inches (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 267).

² tn The Hebrew has simply “the flesh,” but this certainly refers to “clean” flesh in contrast to the unclean flesh in the first half of the verse.