36:8 All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.
37:17 He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece. 6
39:1 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 7
1 tn The imperfect has the nuance of instruction or injunction again, but it could also be given an obligatory nuance.
2 tn The construction is an adverbial accusative of time, answering how long the routine should be followed (see GKC 374 §118.k).
3 tn Or “visible to you” (B. Jacob, Exodus, 366).
4 tn Here “it” has been supplied.
5 tn Here “it” has been supplied.
sn Pouring the ashes into the water running from the mountain in the brook (Deut 9:21) and making them drink it was a type of the bitter water test that tested the wife suspected of unfaithfulness. Here the reaction of the people who drank would indicate guilt or not (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 419).
6 tn Heb “from it”; the referent (“the same piece” of wrought metal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.