¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is an imperfect, indicating habitual or typical behavior. The parallel verb (cf. “hovers” in the next line) is used in the same manner.

¹ tn Heb “you will not be confident in your life.” The phrase “from one day to the next” is implied by the following verse.

³ tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.

² tn This first preterite is subordinated to the next as a temporal clause; it is not giving a parallel action, but the setting for the event.

³ tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.

¹ tn The preterite of the verb “to be” is here subordinated to the next, parallel verb form, to form a temporal clause.

¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the next verb of the same formation to express a temporal clause.

³ sn One would assume that he would prepare and wrap these items, but that the Kohathites would carry them to the next place.

² tn There is no “if” expressed, but the contrast between the priestly finding in this verse and the next verse clearly implies it.

¹ tn Heb “the one branch.” But the repetition of “one…one” means here one after another, or the “first” and then the “next.”

¹ tn The text uses “one” again; “the one…the one” means “the one…and the next” in the distributive sense.

³ tn In this case and in the next clause the imperfect tenses are to be taken as progressive imperfects—the action is in progress.

¹ tn The preterite with vav consecutive is here subordinated to the next verb as a temporal clause. The main point of the verse is what they said.

³ tn Heb “give ear.” This verb and the next are both perfect tenses with the vav (ו) consecutive; they continue the sequence of the original conditional clause.

¹ tn The verbs in the next two verses are perfect tenses, but can be interpreted as a prophetic perfect, looking to the future.

¹ tn The clause beginning with the preterite and vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the next, and main clause—that he hardened his heart again.

¹ tn The clause begins with the preterite and the vav (ו) consecutive; it is here subordinated to the next clause as a temporal clause.

¹ sn The vav (ו) disjunctive with the name “Moses” introduces a new and important starting point. The Lord’s dealing with Moses will fill the next two chapters.

¹ tn Or “over the entire land”; Heb “over all the face of the earth.” The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal to the next clause.

¹ tn Or “you will have understanding.” This obviously refers to the acquisition of the “knowledge of good and evil,” as the next statement makes clear.