⁷ tn Grk “equal in value/honor.”

³ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

⁵ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

⁶ tn Heb “of each part there will be an equal part.”

² sn A talent was equal to 6000 denarii. See the note on this term in 18:24.

² tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav consecutive; it is equal to a specific future within this context.

² sn The seah was a dry measure equal to one-third of an ephah, or not quite eleven quarts.

³ sn The questions are rhetorical. They are affirming that God does not only speak through Moses, but also speaks through them. They see themselves as equal with Moses. The question that was asked of the earlier presumptuous Moses—“Who made you a ruler over us?”—could also be asked of them. God had not placed them as equals with Moses. The passage is relevant for today when so many clamor for equal authority and leadership with those whom God has legitimately called.

¹ sn This silver coin is a drachma, equal to a denarius, that is, a day’s pay for the average laborer.

² sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

² sn The imagery here appears to be that of treating the wife as an equal heir with the sons and of giving her the best piece of property.

³ sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.

² tn The word נְאֻם (n^eʾum) is an “oracle.” It is followed by the subjective genitive: “the oracle of the Lord” is equal to saying “the Lord says.”

³ tn The perfect tense with vav consecutive makes the value of this verb equal to an imperfect tense, probably a simple future here.

³ tn Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, 291).

¹ tn The verbs throughout here are perfect tenses with the vav (ו) consecutives. They are equal to the imperfect tense of instruction and/or injunction.

⁴ tn In this construction after the particle expressing purpose or result, the imperfect tense has the nuance of final imperfect, equal to a subjunctive in the classical languages.

³ tn The nuance of this perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive will be equal to the imperfect of possibility—“they may believe.”

⁴ sn The parallel statement in Rev 12:6 suggests that the phrase a time, times, and half a time equals 1,260 days (three and a half years of 360 days each).

¹ tn Or “in God’s likeness.” Grk “according to God.” The preposition κατά used here denotes a measure of similarity or equality (BDAG 513 s.v. B.5.b.α).