Discovery BoxExodus 19:23 
Context19:23 Moses said to the Lord, “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us, 1 ‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’” 2
Exodus 26:4
Context26:4 You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops 3 in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.
Exodus 26:10
Context26:10 You are to make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.
Exodus 29:44
Context29:44 “So I will set apart as holy 4 the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.
Exodus 36:11
Context36:11 He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.
Exodus 36:17
Context36:17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set.
Exodus 40:4
Context40:4 You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; 5 then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
1 tn The construction is emphatic: “because you – you solemnly warned us.” Moses’ response to God is to ask how they would break through when God had already charged them not to. God knew them better than Moses did.
2 tn Heb “sanctify it.”
3 tn Here “loops” has been supplied.
4 tn This verse affirms the same point as the last, but now with an active verb: “I will set apart as holy” (or “I will sanctify”). This verse, then, probably introduces the conclusion of the chapter: “So I will….”
5 tn Heb “and you will set in order its setting” or “arrange its arrangement.” See 25:29-30 for items that belonged on the table.
