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10:52
All right, it’s done,
literally, “Go your way.”

45:9
concubines,
literally, “honorable women.”

45:13
The bride,
literally, “The king’s daughter.”

45:14
Lovely,
literally, “In embroidered work.”

10:22
All our work adds nothing to it,
or “And he adds no sorrow therewith.”

27:20
and has given to the Lord his rights to it at the Year of Jubilee,
implied.

27:25
All the valuations shall be stated in standard money,
literally, “All your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.”

27:29
No one sentenced by the courts to die may pay a fine instead; he shall surely be put to death,
literally, “No one who is under the ban of God to be put to death may be ransomed.”

1:1
fifteenth day of April,
literally, “on the first day of the second month” (of the Jewish calendar). So also for vv. 17-19
On the same day.

1:17-19
Added in the Hebrew text is this sentence: “So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.”

2:3-31
Here are the tribal locations,
implied.
Reuel.
Deuel in ch. 1.

3:2
Aaron’s sons were,
literally, “These are the generations of Aaron and Moses.”

3:50
$1,365,
literally, “1,365 shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary.”

11:26-28
Many ancient authorities add v. 26: “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.” All include this in Matthew 6:15.
other Jewish leaders,
literally, “scribes and elders.” Also in 12:12.

47:4
his Jewish people,
literally, “the pride of Jacob.”

47:9
praising . . . praising,
implied.

5:7
for what he has stolen,
literally, “for his wrong.”

5:8
But if the person he wronged is dead,
implied.

5:15
a suspicion offering—to bring out the truth,
literally, “an offering of remembrance.”

5:24
if she is guilty,
implied.

12:23
What we want to know is this,
implied.

12:27
though dead for hundreds of years,
implied.

48:2
north of the city,
literally, “on the sides of the north.”

48:3
God himself is the defender of Jerusalem,
literally, “God has made himself known in her palaces for a high tower.”

48:10
You are praised everywhere for the salvation,
literally, “Your right hand is filled with righteousness.”

48:11
O Jerusalem,
literally, “Mount Zion.”

6:27
shall call down my blessings,
literally, “shall put my name upon the people of Israel.”

7:14
tiny,
implied.

7:18-83
The original text repeats the lists of the offerings recorded in vv. 13-17.

12:43-44
a little of their extra fat,
literally, “out of their surplus.”

13:10
before the end-time finally comes,
implied.

49:7
For God’s forgiveness does not come that way,
implied in text.

49:8-9
to keep it out of hell,
literally, “so that he should not see the Pit.”

49:14
For the power of their wealth is gone when they die,
literally, “Their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume.”

49:20
with all his pomp,
literally, “but without insight.” It is uncertain whether this phrase was part of the original text.

10:27
adds hours to each day,
literally, “prolongs days.”

8:10
There the leaders,
implied. Also in v. 12.

9:2-3
on April first,
literally, “on the fourteenth day of the first month” (of the Hebrew calendar). This corresponds approximately to our first day of April.

9:11
May first,
literally, “on the fourteenth day of the second month” (of the Hebrew calendar).

13:14
standing in the Temple,
literally, “standing where he ought not.”

13:22
God’s own children,
literally, “the elect of God.”

13:26
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”

13:30
of the age,
literally, “of this generation.”

13:32
I myself,
literally, “the Son.”

13:33
for my return,
implied.

13:34
My coming,
implied.

13:35-37
I,
implied.

50:2
from the beautiful Temple,
literally, “out of Zion, the perfection of beauty.”

50:3
comes with the noise of thunder,
literally, “comes and does not keep silence.”

50:5
who by their sacrifice upon my altar have promised to obey me,
literally, “who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

10:5-7
and the signal to break camp and move onward,
more literally, v. 7 reads: “But when the Assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow but you shall not sound the alarm.”

10:11
on the twentieth day of the second month
(of the Hebrew calendar), this was approximately May 5.

10:31
for you know the ways of the wilderness and will be a great help to us,
literally, “you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.”

10:33
Mount Sinai,
literally, “the mount of Jehovah.”

11:3
The Place of Burning,
literally, “Taberah.”

11:8
vegetable oil,
literally, “olive oil.”

11:21
besides all the women and children,
implied.

14:21
I,
literally, “The Son of Man.”

51:7
Sprinkle me with the cleansing blood,
literally, “Purge me with hyssop”; see Exodus 12:22; Hebrews 9:18-22.

51:14-15
forgiveness,
literally, “righteousness.”

51:16
penance,
literally, “a sacrifice.”

51:18
and protect Jerusalem,
literally, “do good in your good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.”

51:19
And when my heart is right,
implied.
then you will rejoice in the good that I do,
literally, “then you will delight in the sacrifice of righteousness.”

11:31
there were quail flying three or four feet above the ground,
or “The ground was covered with them, three feet thick.”

11:32
quail were spread out all around.
To cure them by drying.

11:34
The Place of the Graves caused by Lust,
literally, “Kibroth-hattaavah.”

12:1
Cushite woman,
literally, “because of the Cushite woman he had married.” Apparently they were referring to his wife Zipporah, the Midianite daughter of Reuel (Exodus 2:21); for the land of Midian from which she came was sometimes called Cush. But areas of Ethiopia and Babylon were also known as Cush, so it is possible that the reference is to a second wife of Moses. It is indeterminate from the text whether she was criticized for being a Gentile, or (if she was a Cushite from Ethiopia) because of her color.

13:3-15
Hoshea,
or “Joshua.” See v. 16.

13:16
Moses changed Hoshea’s name to Joshua.
Hoshea
means “salvation”;
Joshua
means “Jehovah is salvation.” Joshua is the same name in Hebrew as the Greek name “Jesus.”

13:22
Tanis,
or “Zoan,” also known as “Avaris,” was built ca. 1700 
B.C
.

14:24
This is my blood . . . sealing the new agreement,
literally, “This is my blood of the covenant.” Some ancient manuscripts read “new covenant.”

14:25
drink a different kind,
literally, “drink it new.”

14:35
the awful hour . . . might never come,
literally, “that the hour might pass away from him.”

14:41
I am,
literally, “The Son of Man is.”

14:44
greet,
literally, “kiss,” the usual oriental greeting, even to this day.

14:47
someone.
It was Peter, compare John 18:10.

14:51-52
clothed only in a linen nightshirt,
literally, “wearing only a linen cloth.”

52:7
become ever more bold in their wickedness,
literally, “strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

52:9
for your punishment,
literally, “because you have done it.”

14:17-18
of your patience,
implied.

15:15-16
all are the same before the Lord,
literally, “as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Jehovah.”

14:62
me,
literally, “the Son of Man.”

14:68
a rooster crowed.
This statement is found in only some of the manuscripts.

53:1
And why does he say it?
implied.

15:31
he must be executed,
literally, “that soul shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.”

15:33
before Moses and Aaron and the other judges,
literally, “to all the congregation.”

16:6-7
whom the Lord has chosen,
literally, “whom Jehovah chooses to be the holy one.”

16:13
mimicked,
literally, “said.”

16:26
and be destroyed with them,
implied.

15:1
the Roman governor,
implied.

15:28
This verse is omitted in some of the ancient manuscripts. The quotation is from Isaiah 53:12.

15:33
across the entire land,
or “over the entire world.”

15:34
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.
He spoke here in Aramaic. The onlookers, who spoke Greek and Latin, misunderstood his first two words (“Eli, Eli”) and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.

15:38
And the curtain.
A heavy veil hung in front of the room in the Temple called “The Holy of Holies,” a place reserved by God for himself; the veil separated him from sinful mankind. Now this veil was split from above, showing that Christ’s death for man’s sin had opened up access to the holy God.

54:1
with great power,
literally, “by your name.”

54:4
He is a friend of mine,
literally, “The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.”

17:10
bring it out and show it to the people again,
implied.

18:17
they must be sacrificed to the Lord,
literally, “they are holy.”

18:19
a permanent contract,
literally, “a covenant of salt.”

16:9
Verses 9-20 are not found in the most ancient manuscripts, but may be considered an appendix giving additional facts.

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