¹tn Heb “and full of years.”
²tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
³tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”
⁴tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.
⁵tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”
⁶tc The MT reads “Zina” here and “Zizah” in v. 11. One Hebrew ms, the LXX, and the Vulgate, harmonizing the form of the name to that found in v. 11, read “Zizah” here.
⁷sn Verses 8-10 are confusing. Two different lists of Shimei’s sons appear. In between these lists is the statement “these were the leaders of the family of Ladan,” suggesting that the list just before this includes the sons of Ladan, not Shimei. But verse 8 already lists Ladan’s sons. Apparently the text as it stands is a conflation of differing traditions.
⁸tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the Lord, to serve him, and to bless his name permanently.”
⁹tn Heb “and Moses the man of God, his sons were called to the tribe of Levi.”
¹⁰tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shebuel was not Gershom’s only son, but note v. 17.
¹¹tn The Hebrew text has “the sons of Eliezer were,” but only one name appears after this in the verse, and we are specifically told that Eliezer had no other sons.
¹²tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shelomith was not Izhar’s only son, but note v. 17.
¹³tn Heb “the sons of Kish, their brothers [i.e., relatives/cousins] lifted them up.” For other uses of acn (“lift up”) in the sense of “marry,” see BDB 671.
¹⁴tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”
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¹⁶tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”
¹⁷tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the Lord concerning the courtyards and concerning the rooms and concerning the purification of all holiness and the work of the service of the house of God.”
¹⁸tn Heb “with respect to.”
¹⁹tn The Hebrew terms hrwcm and hdm refer to different types of measurements.
²⁰tn Heb “and to stand.”
²¹tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the Lord.”
²²tn Heb “and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.”