Exodus 4:4

4:4 But the Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand and grab it by the tail” – so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand ¹  –

Exodus 9:33

9:33 So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth.

Exodus 11:8

11:8 All these your servants will come down to me and bow down ²  to me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow ³  you,’ and after that I will go out.” Then Moses ⁴  went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

Exodus 21:3

21:3 If he came ⁵  in by himself ⁶  he will go out by himself; if he had ⁷  a wife when he came in, then his wife will go out with him.

Exodus 34:34

34:34 But when Moses went in ⁸  before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. ⁹  Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded. ¹⁰ 

Exodus 37:16

37:16 He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its ¹¹  plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

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¹ sn The signs authenticated Moses’ ministry as the Lord’s emissary. This sign will show that the Lord had control over Egypt and its stability, over life and death. But first Moses has to be convinced that he can turn it into a dead stick again.

² sn Moses’ anger is expressed forcefully. “He had appeared before Pharaoh a dozen times either as God’s emissary or when summoned by Pharaoh, but he would not come again; now they would have to search him out if they needed help” (B. Jacob, Exodus, 289-90).

³ tn Heb “that are at your feet.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The tense is imperfect, but in the conditional clause it clearly refers to action that is anterior to the action in the next clause. Heb “if he comes in single, he goes out single,” that is, “if he came in single, he will go out single.”

⁶ tn Heb “with his back” meaning “alone.”

⁷ tn The phrase says, “if he was the possessor of a wife”; the noun בַּעַל (ba’al) can mean “possessor” or “husband.” If there was a wife, she shared his fortunes or his servitude; if he entered with her, she would accompany him when he left.

⁸ tn The construction uses a infinitive construct for the temporal clause; it is prefixed with the temporal preposition: “and in the going in of Moses.”

⁹ tn The temporal clause begins with the temporal preposition “until,” followed by an infinitive construct with the suffixed subjective genitive.

¹⁰ tn The form is the Pual imperfect, but since the context demands a past tense here, in fact a past perfect tense, this is probably an old preterite form without a vav consecutive.

¹¹ tn The suffixes on these could also indicate the indirect object (see Exod 25:29).