¹tn Or “molding.”
²tn “to be fastened” has been supplied.
³tn Or “feet.”
⁴tn This is taken as a circumstantial clause; the clause begins with the conjunction.
⁵tn Heb “and he made.”
⁶tn Heb “from/at [the] end, from this.”
⁷tn The repetition of the expression indicates it has the distributive sense.
⁸tn The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings”— “spreaders of wings.”
⁹tn “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to make a smoother reading.
¹⁰tn Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”
¹¹tn Heb “to the propitiatory lid were the faces of the cherubim.”
¹²tn The suffixes on these could also indicate the indirect object (see Exod 25:29).
¹³tn Heb “from it”; the referent (“the same piece” of wrought metal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
¹⁴tn Heb “the one branch.” But the repetition of “one…one” means here one after another, or the “first” and then the “next.”
¹⁵tn Heb just has “thus for six branches….”
¹⁶tn As in Exod 26:35, the translation of “first” and “next” and “third” is interpretive, because the text simply says “under two branches” in each of three places.
¹⁷tn Heb “were from it.”
¹⁸tn Heb “it.”
¹⁹tn Heb “from it were its horns,” meaning that they were made from the same piece.
²⁰tn Heb “roof.”
²¹tn Heb “its walls around.”
²²tn Heb “and he made for it border gold around.”
²³tn Heb “and he made.”
²⁴sn Since it is a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to carry the object. The second mention clarifies that they should be on the sides, the right and the left, as one approach the altar.
²⁵tn Heb “for houses.”
²⁶tn Heb “and he made.”