¹ tn Or “violation.”

³ tn Aram “they changed” or “violated.”

⁴ tn Heb “he violates his covenant.”

² tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

³ tn Or “sins,” focusing on a violation of moral standards.

¹ tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

² tn Heb “Because of three violations of Israel, even because of four.”

² tn Heb “Because of three violations of Judah, even because of four.”

² tn Heb “Because of three violations of Moab, even because of four.”

² tn Heb “Because of three violations of Edom, even because of four.”

² tn Heb “Because of three violations of Tyre, even because of four.”

³ tn Heb “Because of three violations of Gaza, even because of four.”

² tn Heb “Because of three violations of Damascus, even because of four.”

¹ sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).

¹ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

² tn The verb פָּרַר (parar, “to break”) can mean to nullify, break, or violate a covenant.

³ tn The Hebrew term used here is the strongest word available for expressing a covenant violation. The word is used in the diplomatic arena to express a treaty violation (2 Kgs 1:1; 3:5, 7).

⁴ tn Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most serious of the covenant violations (Deut 5:6-7).

⁴ tn BDAG 769 s.v. παρανομέω has “παρανομῶν κελεύεις in violation of the law you order Ac 23:3.”

³ sn The Jewish religious leaders considered the work involved in making the mud to be a violation of the Sabbath.