6:16 Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: 1 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)
23:13 “Pay attention to do 2 everything I have told you, and do not even mention 3 the names of other gods – do not let them be heard on your lips. 4
39:6 They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal 5 with the names of the sons of Israel. 6
1 tn Or “generations.”
2 tn The phrase “to do” is added; in Hebrew word order the line says, “In all that I have said to you you will watch yourselves.” The verb for paying attention is a Niphal imperfect with an imperatival force.
3 tn Or “honor,” Hiphil of זָכַר (zakhar). See also Exod 20:25; Josh 23:7; Isa 26:13.
4 tn Heb “mouth.”
sn See also Ps 16:4, where David affirms his loyalty to God with this expression.
5 tn Or “as seals are engraved.”
6 sn The twelve names were those of Israel’s sons. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons as such, but the twelve tribes that bore their names.