34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle. 36 When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; 37 but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
† 1:9 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
‡ 1:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
† 2:10 “Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.
‡ 2:22 “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
† 3:2 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.
† 4:10 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.
† 10:19 “Sea of Suf” is the translation for the Hebrew “Yam Suf”, which could be more literally translated “Sea of Reeds” or “Sea of Cattails”. It refers to the body of water currently known as the Sea of Suf, or possibly to one of the bodies of water connected to it or near it.
† 14:8 or, defiantly.
† 15:23 Marah means bitter.
† 16:16 An omer is about 2.2 liters or about 2.3 quarts
‡ 16:31 “Manna” means “What is it?”
§ 16:36 1 efah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
† 17:7 Massah means testing.
‡ 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
§ 17:15 Or, The LORD Nissi
† 18:3 “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
‡ 18:4 Eliezer means “God is my helper”.
† 20:1 After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
‡ 20:7 or, You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain
† 21:32 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces.
† 24:10 or, lapis lazuli
† 25:5 or, fine leather
‡ 25:10 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
§ 25:39 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
† 26:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
† 27:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
‡ 27:1 The altar was to be about 2.3×2.3×1.4 meters or about 7½×7½×4½ feet.
† 28:16 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
‡ 28:18 or, lapis lazuli
† 29:40 1 efah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
‡ 29:40 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons, so a fourth of a hin is about 1.6 liters.
† 30:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
‡ 30:13 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
§ 30:13 a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
† 30:15 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
‡ 30:23 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds.
§ 30:24 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
† 32:13 or, seed
† 36:9 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
† 37:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
‡ 37:24 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
† 38:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
‡ 38:24 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.
§ 38:24 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.
† 38:25 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
‡ 38:25 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
§ 38:26 a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces
† 38:26 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
‡ 38:27 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
§ 38:28 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.
† 38:29 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
‡ 38:29 70 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tons.
† 39:9 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
‡ 39:11 or, lapis lazuli
Leviticus
The Third Book of Moses, Commonly Called Leviticus
1
1 The LORD† called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When anyone of you offers an offering to the LORD, you shall offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
3 “ ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD. 4 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 He shall kill the bull before the LORD. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 6 He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. 7 The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; 8 and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; 9 but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
10 “ ‘If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect. 11 He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 12 He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar, 13 but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
14 “ ‘If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering from turtledoves or of young pigeons. 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar; 16 and he shall take away its crop and its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes. 17 He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
2
1 “ ‘When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it. 2 He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest
