¹ tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”

² tn Heb “seven flawless lambs, sons of a year.”

¹ tn Heb “and he shall shut up the house seven days.”

⁴ tn Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”

³ tn Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”

¹ tn Or “seven” (cf. NIV84). Since seven is an odd number, and “seven” is qualified as male and female, only seven pairs can match the description (cf. NIV, NRSV, HCSB).

⁴ sn Whether this means a single name on all seven heads or seven names, one on each head, is not clear.

² sn Seven. Jewish town councils often had seven members (Josephus, Ant. 4.18.14 [4.214]).

² tc The MT, supported by a Qumran manuscript, reads “seven and seven,” which would be fourteen. But Hebrew normally says “four and ten.” The LXX simply reads “seven,” suggesting the MT has a case of dittography.

² tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

² tc The LXX has ἕξ (hex, “six”) instead of “seven.” Virtually all English versions follow the reading of the MT here, “seven.”

² tn Heb “and they went around the city according to this manner seven times, only on that day they went around the city seven times.”

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “on the altar,” but since there were seven of each animal and seven altars, the implication is that this means on each altar.

⁷ sn See the note on the phrase the seven spirits of God in Rev 4:5.

⁵ sn On seven stars in his right hand see 1:16.

² sn According to Jewish intertestamental literature (such as 1 En. 20), Michael was one of seven archangels.

⁴ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

³ tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.

¹ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”

² tn Heb “he took with him seven hundred men, who drew the sword, to break through against.”