¹ tn Or “task.”

¹ tn See note on “task” in 38:3.

¹ sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.

³ tn Or “the task of this service and apostleship which Judas ceased to perform.”

¹ sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).

¹ tn Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task.

¹ tn Heb “capable [for] the work of the task of the house of God.”

⁵ tn This noun is usually given an interpretive translation. B. Jacob renders the bound relationship as “the holy task” or “the sacred task” (Exodus, 1019). The NIV makes it “constructing,” so read “the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

³ sn Note that man’s task is to care for and maintain the trees of the orchard. Not until after the fall, when he is condemned to cultivate the soil, does this task change.

⁵ tn Grk “of this need”; translated “necessary work” or “needed task” by L&N 42.22.

² tn Heb “who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” This refers to one of the typical tasks of a servant.

¹ tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity. Some takes these words to be the continuation of the Lord’s commission of Jeremiah to the task of testing them. However, since this is the evaluation, the task appears to be complete. The words are better taken as Jeremiah’s report after he has completed the task.

¹ tn Or “but give yourselves to menial tasks.” The translation depends on whether one takes the adjective “lowly” as masculine or neuter.

¹ tn Heb “my spirit.” The subject appears to be the Lord who exclaims here that the horsemen have accomplished their task of bringing peace.

¹ tn Heb “my consecrated ones,” i.e., those who have been set apart by God for the special task of carrying out his judgment.

⁷ tn The phrase “task of the wicked” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”

¹ tn Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”

³ tn The imperfect tense here is an obligatory imperfect telling that they are bound to do this since they are appointed for this specific task.

⁴ tn Grk “course.” See L&N 42.26, “(a figurative extension of meaning of δρόμος ‘race’) a task or function involving continuity, serious, effort, and possibly obligation—‘task, mission’…Ac 20:24.” On this Pauline theme see also Phil 1:19-26; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 4:6-7.