Exodus 14:27

14:27 So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state ¹  when the sun began to rise. ²  Now the Egyptians were fleeing ³  before it, but the Lord overthrew ⁴  the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

Exodus 21:29

21:29 But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, ⁵  and he did not take the necessary precautions, ⁶  and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

Exodus 28:28

28:28 They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod.

Exodus 29:20

29:20 and you are to kill the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, ⁷  and then splash the blood all around on the altar.

Exodus 30:10

30:10 Aaron is to make atonement on its horns once in the year with some of the blood of the sin offering for atonement; ⁸  once in the year ⁹  he is to make atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.” ¹⁰ 

Exodus 34:20

34:20 Now the firstling ¹¹  of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. ¹²  You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.

“No one will appear before me empty-handed. ¹³ 

Exodus 39:21

39:21 They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it was above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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¹ tn The Hebrew term לְאֵיתָנוֹ (lÿ’etano) means “to its place,” or better, “to its perennial state.” The point is that the sea here had a normal level, and now when the Egyptians were in the sea on the dry ground the water would return to that level.

² tn Heb “at the turning of the morning”; NASB, NIV, TEV, CEV “at daybreak.”

³ tn The clause begins with the disjunctive vav (ו) on the noun, signaling either a circumstantial clause or a new beginning. It could be rendered, “Although the Egyptians…Yahweh…” or “as the Egyptians….”

⁴ tn The verb means “shake out” or “shaking off.” It has the significance of “throw downward.” See Neh 5:13 or Job 38:13.

⁵ tn The Hophal perfect has the idea of “attested, testified against.”

⁶ tn Heb “he was not keeping it” or perhaps guarding or watching it (referring to the ox).

⁷ sn By this ritual the priests were set apart completely to the service of God. The ear represented the organ of hearing (as in “ears you have dug” in Ps 40 or “awakens my ear” in Isa 50), and this had to be set apart to God so that they could hear the Word of God. The thumb and the hand represented the instrument to be used for all ministry, and so everything that they “put their hand to” had to be dedicated to God and appropriate for his service. The toe set the foot apart to God, meaning that the walk of the priest had to be consecrated – where he went, how he conducted himself, what life he lived, all belonged to God now.

⁸ tn The word “atonements” (plural in Hebrew) is a genitive showing the result or product of the sacrifice made.

⁹ sn This ruling presupposes that the instruction for the Day of Atonement has been given, or at the very least, is to be given shortly. That is the one day of the year that all sin and all ritual impurity would be removed.

¹⁰ sn The phrase “most holy to the Lord” means that the altar cannot be used for any other purpose than what is stated here.

¹¹ tn Heb “and the one that opens [the womb of] the donkey.”

¹² sn See G. Brin, “The Firstling of Unclean Animals,” JQR 68 (1971): 1-15.

¹³ tn The form is the adverb “empty.”