The Living Bible (505 page)
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23:26-27
nine days later,
literally, “on the tenth day of the seventh month” (of the Hebrew calendar).
23:33-34
on the last day of September,
literally, “on the fifteenth day of the seventh month” (of the Hebrew calendar).
Festival of Shelters,
literally, “Feast of Tabernacles.”
23:40
build shelters with them,
implied.
24:11
the Egyptian man’s son,
literally, “the Israelite woman’s son.”
cursed God,
literally, “blasphemed the Name.”
24:18
that isn’t his,
implied.
shall replace it,
literally, “shall make it good, life for life.”
25:9
the Day of Atonement,
literally, “the tenth day of the seventh month (of the Hebrew calendar).
25:29
in the city,
literally, “in a walled city.”
25:33
and the surrounding fields,
implied.
26:4-5
long after the normal time,
literally, “until the grape harvest.”
26:13
so that you can walk with dignity,
literally, “and make you go upright,” or “walk with heads held high.”
27:3
shall pay twenty-five dollars.
Note: The actual value by today’s standards is uncertain. The above figures are approximate.
27:13
If the animal is a kind that may be offered as a sacrifice,
implied.
27:20
and has given to the Lord his rights to it at the Year of Jubilee,
implied.
27:25
All the valuations shall be stated in standard money,
literally, “All your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.”
27:29
No one sentenced by the courts to die may pay a fine instead; he shall surely be put to death,
literally, “No one who is under the ban of God to be put to death may be ransomed.”
1:1
fifteenth day of April,
literally, “on the first day of the second month” (of the Jewish calendar). So also for vv. 17-19
On the same day.
1:17-19
Added in the Hebrew text is this sentence: “So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.”
2:3-31
Here are the tribal locations,
implied.
Reuel.
Deuel in ch. 1.
3:2
Aaron’s sons were,
literally, “These are the generations of Aaron and Moses.”
3:50
$1,365,
literally, “1,365 shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
5:7
for what he has stolen,
literally, “for his wrong.”
5:8
But if the person he wronged is dead,
implied.
5:15
a suspicion offering—to bring out the truth,
literally, “an offering of remembrance.”
5:24
if she is guilty,
implied.
6:27
shall call down my blessings,
literally, “shall put my name upon the people of Israel.”
7:14
tiny,
implied.
7:18-83
The original text repeats the lists of the offerings recorded in vv. 13-17.
8:10
There the leaders,
implied. Also in v. 12.
9:2-3
on April first,
literally, “on the fourteenth day of the first month” (of the Hebrew calendar). This corresponds approximately to our first day of April.
9:11
May first,
literally, “on the fourteenth day of the second month” (of the Hebrew calendar).
10:5-7
and the signal to break camp and move onward,
more literally, v. 7 reads: “But when the Assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow but you shall not sound the alarm.”
10:11
on the twentieth day of the second month
(of the Hebrew calendar), this was approximately May 5.
10:31
for you know the ways of the wilderness and will be a great help to us,
literally, “you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.”
10:33
Mount Sinai,
literally, “the mount of Jehovah.”
11:3
The Place of Burning,
literally, “Taberah.”
11:8
vegetable oil,
literally, “olive oil.”
11:21
besides all the women and children,
implied.
11:31
there were quail flying three or four feet above the ground,
or “The ground was covered with them, three feet thick.”
11:32
quail were spread out all around.
To cure them by drying.
11:34
The Place of the Graves caused by Lust,
literally, “Kibroth-hattaavah.”
12:1
Cushite woman,
literally, “because of the Cushite woman he had married.” Apparently they were referring to his wife Zipporah, the Midianite daughter of Reuel (Exodus 2:21); for the land of Midian from which she came was sometimes called Cush. But areas of Ethiopia and Babylon were also known as Cush, so it is possible that the reference is to a second wife of Moses. It is indeterminate from the text whether she was criticized for being a Gentile, or (if she was a Cushite from Ethiopia) because of her color.
13:3-15
Hoshea,
or “Joshua.” See v. 16.
13:16
Moses changed Hoshea’s name to Joshua.
Hoshea
means “salvation”;
Joshua
means “Jehovah is salvation.” Joshua is the same name in Hebrew as the Greek name “Jesus.”
13:22
Tanis,
or “Zoan,” also known as “Avaris,” was built ca. 1700
B.C
.
14:17-18
of your patience,
implied.
15:15-16
all are the same before the Lord,
literally, “as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Jehovah.”
15:31
he must be executed,
literally, “that soul shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.”
15:33
before Moses and Aaron and the other judges,
literally, “to all the congregation.”
16:6-7
whom the Lord has chosen,
literally, “whom Jehovah chooses to be the holy one.”
16:13
mimicked,
literally, “said.”
16:26
and be destroyed with them,
implied.
17:10
bring it out and show it to the people again,
implied.
18:17
they must be sacrificed to the Lord,
literally, “they are holy.”
18:19
a permanent contract,
literally, “a covenant of salt.”
19:12
run through the ashes of the red heifer,
implied; see v. 17.
19:17
ashes from the red heifer sin offering,
literally, “ashes of the burnt sin offering.”
20:1
in April,
literally, “the first month.”
20:8
Get Aaron’s rod,
literally, “get the rod.”
20:12
did not believe me,
literally, “did not sanctify me.” The Lord had said to
speak
to the rock. Moses
struck
it, not once, but
twice.
20:14
your brother, Israel.
The people of Edom were descended from Esau, while the people of Israel were descended from his brother Jacob, whose name was later changed to Israel.
20:27
the three,
implied.
21:8
Make a bronze replica,
literally, “Make a fiery serpent.”
21:24
but they were stopped there by the rugged terrain,
literally, “for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.” Deuteronomy 2:19 indicates that God had promised the land of the Ammonites to the descendants of Lot.
22:22-23
God was angry about Balaam’s eager attitude,
literally, “God was angry because he went.” He said much more than God had told him to. See 25:1-3; 31:16.
24:25
So Balaam and Balak returned to their homes.
But not before Balaam gave insidious advice that brought about the situation described in 25:1-3. See 31:16.
26:64-65
Not one person . . . had been counted in the previous census.
Forty years earlier, at the time of the first census, they had been under twenty years of age, and so were not counted. All who at that time were older than twenty years of age were now dead.
27:14
you did not glorify me,
implied.
27:16
before I am taken away,
implied.