Discovery Box| (0.63126222641509) | (2Co 6:16) |
3 sn A quotation from Lev 26:12; also similar to Jer 32:38; Ezek 37:27. |
| (0.63126222641509) | (Rev 21:19) |
2 sn Agate (also called chalcedony) is a semiprecious stone usually milky or gray in color (L&N 2.32). |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Gen 6:13) |
1 sn On the divine style utilized here, see R. Lapointe, “The Divine Monologue as a Channel of Revelation,” CBQ 32 (1970): 161-81. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Gen 33:10) |
4 sn This is an allusion to the preceding episode (32:22-31) in which Jacob saw the face of God and realized his prayer was answered. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Gen 35:10) |
1 sn The name Israel means “God fights” (although some interpret the meaning as “he fights [with] God”). See Gen 32:28. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Exo 1:7) |
3 tn Using מְאֹד (mÿ’od) twice intensifies the idea of their becoming strong (see GKC 431-32 §133.k). |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Exo 32:17) |
1 sn See F. C. Fensham, “New Light from Ugaritica V on Ex, 32:17 (br’h),” JNSL 2 (1972): 86-7. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Exo 32:18) |
5 sn See A. Newman, “Compositional Analysis and Functional Ambiguity Equivalence: Translating Exodus 32, 17-18,” Babel 21 (1975): 29-35. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Lev 15:3) |
1 tn The LXX has “this the law of his uncleanness…” (cf. v. 32 and compare, e.g., 13:59; 14:2, 56). |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Num 13:26) |
2 sn Kadesh is Ain Qadeis, about 50 miles (83 km) south of Beer Sheba. It is called Kadesh-barnea in Num 32:8. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Num 26:5) |
1 tc The Hebrew text has no preposition here, but one has been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 23, 30, 31, 32. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Deu 33:8) |
4 sn Meribah means “contention, argument” in Hebrew; this is another wordplay on the incident that took place there. Cf. Num 20:13, 24; Ps 106:32. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Deu 33:9) |
1 sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29). |
| (0.5799058490566) | (1Sa 12:11) |
1 sn Jerub-Baal (יְרֻבַּעַל) is also known as Gideon (see Judg 6:32). The Book of Judges uses both names for him. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (1Ki 9:13) |
2 tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (1Ki 11:7) |
3 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2). |
| (0.5799058490566) | (1Ki 12:31) |
1 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (2Ki 3:4) |
2 tn The vav + perfect here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause. See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (2Ki 6:10) |
1 tn The vav + perfect here indicates action contemporary with the preceding main verb (“sent”). See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e. |
| (0.5799058490566) | (Job 33:29) |
1 sn Elihu will repeat these instructions for Job to listen, over and over in painful repetition. See note on the heading to 32:1. |
