¹sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.
²tn Heb “and he made.”
³tn The verb is the infinitive that means “to do, to work.” It could be given a literal rendering: “to work [them into] the blue….” Weaving or embroidering is probably what is intended.
⁴tn Heb “from it” or the same.
⁵tn Or “as seals are engraved.”
⁶sn The translation may be literal here rather than paraphrasing it to mean the Israelites, because there were twelve names engraved. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons, but the twelve tribes that bore their names.
⁷tn Or “attached.”
⁸tn That is, they set in mountings.
⁹tn The phrase “the number of” has been supplied.
¹⁰tn Here “upper” has been supplied.
¹¹tn Here “other” has been supplied.
¹²tn Here “other” has been supplied.
¹³tn Heb “homeward side.”
¹⁴tn Here “more” has been supplied.
¹⁵tn The last word simply is “twined” or “twisted.” It may refer to the twisted linen that so frequently is found in these lists; or, it may refer to the yarn twisted. The LXX reads “fine twined linen.” This is not found in the text of Exod 28:33, except in SP and LXX.
¹⁶tn The words “there was” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
¹⁷tn The infinitive “to minister” is present; “to be used” is supplied from the context.
¹⁸sn The last sections of the book bring several themes together to a full conclusion. Not only is it the completion of the tabernacle, it is the fulfillment of God’s plan revealed at the beginning of the book, i.e., “to reside with his people.”
¹⁹tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5.
²⁰tn Or “shielding.”
²¹tn Possibly meaning “pure gold lampstand.”
²²tn Heb “utensils, vessels.”
²³tn The form is the infinitive construct; it means the clothes to be used “to minister” in the holy place.
²⁴tn Or “examined.”
²⁵tn The deictic particle draws attention to what he saw in such a way as to give the reader Moses’ point of view and a sense of his pleasure: “and behold, they…”
²⁶sn The situation and wording in Exod 39:43 are reminiscent of Gen 1:28 and 31, with the motifs of blessing people and inspecting what has been made.