² tn Grk “and avoid these,” with the word “people” implied.

¹ sn They covered their ears to avoid hearing what they considered to be blasphemy.

² tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.

³ tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

² tn Grk “then he said to them.” τότε (tote) has not been translated to avoid redundancy.

¹ tc The ancient versions typically avoid the conditional element of v. 17.

³ tn Aram “these men.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid undue repetition.

¹ tn Heb “They.” The antecedent is spelled out to avoid any possible confusion.

¹ tn Heb “its appointed time.” The translation is contextually motivated to avoid lack of clarity.

² tn Heb “it.” The referent is made explicit to avoid any possible confusion.

¹ tn Heb “Egypt.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, the present translation uses the pronoun (“they”) here.

² tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “them” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

² tn Heb “the Philistines.” The translation has substituted the pronoun “they” to avoid redundancy.

³ tn Heb “the king.” The pronoun (“him”) has been used in the translation to avoid redundancy.

¹ tn Heb “Moses.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

¹ tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.

³ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.” This phrase has been left untranslated to avoid redundancy.

¹ tn Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

¹ tn Heb “the Passover.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

¹ tn Heb “the mountain.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.