⁵ tn Heb “to cover her nakedness” (so KJV and many other English versions); cf. TEV “for clothing.”

⁴ tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

³ tn Heb “her skirts.” This term is a synecdoche of specific (skirts) for general (clothing).

³ tn Heb “I go about in black [i.e., mourning clothes]. Dismay has seized me.”

⁴ tn Heb “honored in his clothing”; KJV, ASV “glorious in his apparel.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”

¹ sn The idea of clothing and being clothed is a favorite figure in Hebrew. It makes a comparison between wearing clothes and having strength and honor. Just as clothes immediately indicate something of the nature and circumstances of the person, so do these virtues.

¹ tn Both verbs in this first half-verse are from לָבַשׁ (lavash, “to clothe; to put on clothing”). P. Joüon changed the vowels to get a verb “it adorned me” instead of “it clothed me” (Bib 11 [1930]: 324). The figure of clothing is used for the character of the person: to wear righteousness is to be righteous.

¹ sn Clothing of scarlet was expensive and beyond the financial reach of most people.

⁴ tn Heb “girded him with the sash” (so NASB); NCV “tied the cloth belt around him.”

² tn Heb “houses.” Perhaps tent-shrines made from cloth are in view (see BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת). M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 286) understand this as referring to clothes made for images of the goddess.

¹ sn Here Moses actually clothes Aaron (cf. v. 13 below for Aaron’s sons). Regarding the various articles of clothing see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 111-12 and esp. J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:501-13.

³ tn The verb “add,” though not in the Greek text, is implied, picking up the initial imperative “clothe yourselves.”

⁴ sn The brilliantly shining clothing (dazzling attire) points to the fact that these are angels (see 24:23).

¹ sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.

² tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

¹ sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

¹ tn Heb “she is to…remove the clothing of her captivity” (cf. NASB); NRSV “discard her captive’s garb.”

¹ tn The words “his clothes” are not in the Hebrew text, but are repeated in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn The form is the infinitive construct; it means the clothes to be used “to minister” in the Holy Place.