Discovery BoxExodus 9:28 
Context9:28 Pray to the Lord, for the mighty 1 thunderings and hail are too much! 2 I will release you and you will stay no longer.” 3
Exodus 21:13
Context21:13 But if he does not do it with premeditation, 4 but it happens by accident, 5 then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Exodus 23:33
Context23:33 They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare 6 to you.”
1 sn The text has Heb “the voices of God.” The divine epithet can be used to express the superlative (cf. Jonah 3:3).
2 tn The expression וְרַב מִהְיֹת (vÿrav mihyot, “[the mighty thunder and hail] is much from being”) means essentially “more than enough.” This indicates that the storm was too much, or, as one might say, “It is enough.”
3 tn The last clause uses a verbal hendiadys: “you will not add to stand,” meaning “you will no longer stay.”
4 tn Heb “if he does not lie in wait” (NASB similar).
5 tn Heb “and God brought into his hand.” The death is unintended, its circumstances outside human control.
6 tn The idea of the “snare” is to lure them to judgment; God is apparently warning about contact with the Canaanites, either in worship or in business. They were very syncretistic, and so it would be dangerous to settle among them.
