Discovery Box| (0.65388010810811) | (Eze 40:6) |
1 tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Eze 45:10) |
1 sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Dan 1:14) |
3 sn The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness. Cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Dan 3:7) |
2 tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Dan 9:24) |
6 sn The act of sealing in the OT is a sign of authentication. Cf. 1 Kgs 21:8; Jer 32:10, 11, 44. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Oba 1:6) |
1 tn Heb “Esau.” The name Esau here is a synecdoche of part for whole referring to the Edomites. Cf. “Jacob” in v. 10, where the meaning is “Israelites.” |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Jon 4:5) |
3 sn Apparently Jonah hoped that he might have persuaded the |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mic 3:6) |
2 sn The reading of omens (Heb “divination”) was forbidden in the law (Deut 18:10), so this probably reflects the prophets’ view of how they received divine revelation. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mic 3:9) |
3 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons (also at the beginning of v. 10). |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mic 5:2) |
1 map For location of Bethlehem see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mic 5:3) |
5 sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mic 7:11) |
1 sn Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Nah 3:15) |
1 sn The expression the fire will consume you is an example of personification. Fire is often portrayed consuming an object like a person might consume food (Lev 6:3; 10:2; 16:25; Num 16:35; Deut 4:24; 5:22; Judg 9:15; 1 Kgs 18:38; 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14; 2 Chr 7:1; Isa 5:24; 10:17; 30:27, 30; 33:14; Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; 2:2, 5; 5:6). |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Hag 2:20) |
2 sn Again, the twenty-fourth day of the month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Zec 11:7) |
4 sn The name of the first staff, pleasantness, refers to the rest and peace of the covenant between the |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mat 3:12) |
3 sn The image of fire that cannot be extinguished is from the OT: Job 20:26; Isa 34:8-10; 66:24. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mat 10:32) |
2 sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. On Jesus and judgment, see Luke 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mat 13:15) |
1 sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mat 20:29) |
1 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1. |
| (0.65388010810811) | (Mat 24:43) |
1 sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15. |
