24:5 “You must take choice wheat flour 7 and bake twelve loaves; 8 there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in 9 each loaf,
1 tn Although usually thought to be a “turban” (and so translated by the majority of English versions) this object might be only a “turban-like headband” wound around the forehead area (HALOT 624 s.v. מִצְנֶפֶת).
sn The turban consisted of wound-up linen (cf. Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:31; Lev 16:4).
2 sn The gold plate was attached as a holy diadem to the front of the turban by means of a blue cord, and had written on it “Holy to the
3 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
4 tn Heb “and the appearance of the scall is not deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, meaning “deeper than”) the skin.”
5 tn Heb “from the following day” (HALOT 572 s.v. מָחֳרָת 2.b).
6 tn Heb “shall be burned with fire”; KJV “shall be burnt in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”
7 sn See the note on Lev 2:1.
8 tn Heb “and bake it twelve loaves”; KJV, NAB, NASB “cakes.”
9 tn The words “of flour” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
sn See the note on Lev 5:11.
10 tn Heb “you shall not sow and you shall not…and you shall not….”
sn See v. 5 above and the notes there.
11 tn Heb “give” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NLT).