15:14 The nations will hear 1 and tremble;
anguish 2 will seize 3 the inhabitants of Philistia.
30:26 “With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
1 tn This verb is a prophetic perfect, assuming that the text means what it said and this song was sung at the Sea. So all these countries were yet to hear of the victory.
2 tn The word properly refers to “pangs” of childbirth. When the nations hear, they will be terrified.
3 tn The verb is again a prophetic perfect.
4 tn The verb means “disabled, weakened, prostrated.” It is used a couple of times in the Bible to describe how man dies and is powerless (see Job 14:10; Isa 14:12).
5 tn Or “people.”
6 tn Heb “mouth of the sword.” It means as the sword devours – without quarter (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 159).