³ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).

⁵ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

² tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).

³ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

² tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).

⁴ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

² tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

³ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

³ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

¹ tc The LXX has a plural form here (see v. 24 above and the note on Lev 1:5a).

¹ tn See the remarks on Lev 1:3-5 above for some of the details of translation here.

⁴ tn The word suggests “the ones lifted up” above others, and therefore the rulers or the chiefs of the people.

² tn When the waters are collected to one place, dry land emerges above the surface of the receding water.

³ sn In Lev 8:15, for example, the “sin offering” is used to “purify” the burnt offering altar. As argued above (see the note on v. 7 above), these ritual materials and the procedures performed with them do not constitute a “sin offering” (contrast vv. 19 and 31 above). In fact, no sin offering was required for the purification of a house.

¹ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

¹ sn The phrase like a garment here is not part of the original OT text (see tc note above); for this reason it has been printed in normal type.

³ sn Or born again. The Greek word ἄνωθεν (anōthen) can mean both “again” and “from above,” giving rise to Nicodemus’ misunderstanding about a second physical birth (v. 4).

⁴ sn Even though it is most likely not original (see tc note above), the phrase within us has been included in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “as even we.” The phrase ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς (hōs kai hēmeis) makes ἡμεῖς emphatic. The translation above adds an appropriate emphasis to the passage.

¹ sn The verse has been properly understood, on the whole, as comparing the earth above and all its produce with the upheaval down below.