Discovery BoxExodus 28:35 
Context28:35 The robe 1 is to be on Aaron as he ministers, 2 and his sound will be heard 3 when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die.
Exodus 34:34
Context34:34 But when Moses went in 4 before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. 5 Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded. 6
1 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the robe) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.”
5 tn The temporal clause begins with the temporal preposition “until,” followed by an infinitive construct with the suffixed subjective genitive.
6 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.
