Discovery BoxExodus 21:3 
Context21:3 If he came 1 in by himself 2 he will go out by himself; if he had 3 a wife when he came in, then his wife will go out with him.
Exodus 28:35
Context28:35 The robe 4 is to be on Aaron as he ministers, 5 and his sound will be heard 6 when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die.
Exodus 34:28
Context34:28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; 7 he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 8
Exodus 34:34
Context34:34 But when Moses went in 9 before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. 10 Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded. 11
Exodus 37:4
Context37:4 He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,
1 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.”
2 tn Heb “with his back” meaning “alone.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the robe) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The form is a Piel infinitive construct with the lamed (ל) preposition: “to minister” or “to serve.” It may be taken epexegetically here, “while serving,” although S. R. Driver takes it as a purpose, “in order that he may minister” (Exodus, 308). The point then would be that he dare not enter into the Holy Place without wearing it.
6 sn God would hear the bells and be reminded that this priest was in his presence representing the nation and that the priest had followed the rules of the sanctuary by wearing the appropriate robes with their attachments.
7 tn These too are adverbial in relation to the main clause, telling how long Moses was with Yahweh on the mountain.
8 tn Heb “the ten words,” though “commandments” is traditional.
9 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.”
10 tn The temporal clause begins with the temporal preposition “until,” followed by an infinitive construct with the suffixed subjective genitive.
11 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.
