¹ tn The grammatical structure of the question in Greek presupposes a negative reply.

¹ tn Grk “and,” though such paratactic structure is rather awkward in English.

³ tn Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause structure (conjunction + noun/subject) is used to highlight the statement.

² tn Grk “We have left everything and followed you.” Koine Greek often used paratactic structure when hypotactic was implied.

³ tn Grk “We have left everything and followed you.” Koine Greek often used paratactic structure when hypotactic was implied.

³ tn Heb “I smash nations with you.” This same structure is repeated throughout the series in vv. 20c-23.

² tn The verb is supplied in the translation; “sighs” in the preceding line does double duty in the parallel structure.

² tn Heb “even Dibon [to] the high places to weep.” The verb “went up” does double duty in the parallel structure.

³ tn Heb “will tear them down and not rebuild them.” The ungodly are compared to a structure that is permanently demolished.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause structure (note the pattern vav [ו] + subject + verb) here signals the beginning of a new scene.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause (note the vav [ו] + prepositional phrase structure) provides background information essential to the following narrative.

¹ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

² sn See T. Ishida, “The Structure and Historical Implications of Lists of Pre-Israelite Nations,” Bib (1979): 461-90.

⁴ tn The disjunctive clause structure (vav plus subject plus negated verb) highlights the statement and brings their argument to a conclusion.

³ tn The sentence structure is a bit different in Greek. Literally it reads: “But Michael the archangel, when arguing with the devil and disputing.”

¹ tn The Greek participle κρατῶν (kratōn) was translated as a finite verb to avoid an unusually long and pedantic sentence structure in English.

⁴ tn The participle γνόντες (gnontes) has been taken temporally. It is structurally parallel to the participle translated “when they saw” in v. 7.

⁴ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.26).

³ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).