Discovery BoxExodus 4:5 
Context4:5 “that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
Exodus 35:24
Context35:24 Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as 1 an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood 2 for any work of the service brought it. 3
1 tn This translation takes “offering” as an adverbial accusative explaining the form or purpose of their bringing things. It could also be rendered as the direct object, but that would seem to repeat without much difference what had just been said.
2 sn U. Cassuto notes that the expression “with whom was found” does not rule out the idea that these folks went out and cut down acacia trees (Exodus, 458). It is unlikely that they had much wood in their tents.
3 tn Here “it” has been supplied.
