¹ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

³ tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

³ tn Heb “The Israelites sent by his hand an offering to Eglon, king of Moab.”

¹ tn Heb “And Joshua sent the people away, each to his inheritance.”

¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

¹ tn Heb “Pharaoh sent.” The phrase “representatives to investigate” is implied in the context.

¹ tn Heb “and Pharaoh sent and called,” indicating a summons to the royal court.

¹ tn Heb “sent and called for Rachel and for Leah.” Jacob did not go in person, but probably sent a servant with a message for his wives to meet him in the field.

⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the slave sent by the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.

¹ sn This slave (along with the others) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.

¹ tn Heb “to whom a messenger was sent, and look, they came.” Foreign alliances are in view here.

² sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14 and 23:21.

¹ sn Jehucal was a member of the delegation sent to Jeremiah by Zedekiah in Jer 37:3.

¹ tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.

¹ sn Here Job changes the metaphor again, to the driving storm. God has sent his storms, and Job is blown away.

¹ tn Heb “and now when this letter comes to you, look, I have sent to you Naaman my servant.”

⁶ tn Or “brought disaster upon me”; NIV “brought misfortune (calamity NRSV) upon me”; NLT “has sent such tragedy.”

² tn The relative clause modifies “the land.” It is constructed with the relative and the verb: “where you sent us.”

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Why does he comment on the meaning of the name of the pool? Here, the significance is that the Father sent the Son, and the Son sent the man born blind. The name of the pool is applicable to the man, but also to Jesus himself, who was sent from heaven.