³ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”

¹ tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form is used here to indicate repeated past action.

⁴ tn The Hitpael verb form appears to have an iterative force here, indicating repeated action.

¹ tn Heb “in that hill country,” repeating the end of v. 43.

¹ tn The Hebrew text does not repeat the word “commanders” here, but it is implied.

¹ tn As before, the emphasis is obtained by repeating the passive participle: “given, given to me.”

² tn The text repeats the idea: “you will make for its hem…all around its hem.”

² tn Heb “and God said.” For stylistic reasons “God” has not been repeated here in the translation.

³ tn The phrase “they went out from us” is not repeated a second time in the Greek text, but constitutes an ellipsis. For clarity it is necessary to repeat it in the English translation.

³ tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.

⁴ tn The verb זוֹרֵחַ (zoreakh, “to rise”) is repeated in this verse to emphasize that the sun is locked into a never changing, ever repeating monotonous cycle: rising, setting, rising, setting.

¹ tn Heb “Haman.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. Repeating the proper name here is redundant according to contemporary English style, although the name is repeated in NASB and NRSV.

³ tn Grk “and of all.” The phrase “along with the blood” has been repeated from the previous clause for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

³ tn Grk “this.” The pronoun refers back to “a sign”; thus these words have been repeated for clarity.

² tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

² tn Grk “toward a demonstration,” repeating and expanding the purpose of God’s action in v. 25a.

¹ tn The words “she told them” are repeated from the first part of the same verse to improve clarity.

³ tn The words “to the orchard” are not in the Greek text but are repeated from v. 1 for clarity.

¹ tn Grk “(not Iscariot).” The proper noun (Judas) has been repeated for clarity and smoothness in English style.