translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: NUM

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “and say to them.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Th sentence begins with the accusative “my offering.” It is suspended at the beginning as an independent accusative to itemize the subject matter. The second accusative is the formal object of the verb. It could also be taken in apposition to the first accusative.


text: The construction uses the imperfect tense expressing instruction, followed by the infinitive construct used to express the complement of direct object.


text: Heb “between the evenings” meaning between dusk and dark.


text: Heb “the one lamb,” but it is meant to indicate for “each lamb.”


text: The word שֵׁכָר ( shekhar ) is often translated “strong drink.” It can mean “barley beer” in the Akkadian cognate, and also in the Hebrew Bible when joined with the word for wine. English versions here read “wine” (NAB, TEV, CEV); “strong wine” (KJV); “fermented drink” (NIV, NLT); “strong drink” (ASV, NASB, NRSV).


text: Heb “as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering.”


text: The words “you must offer” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.


text: Heb “the burnt offering of the Sabbath by its Sabbath.”


text: Heb “of your months.”


text: The word “include” is not in the Hebrew text but is implied. It is supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.


text: Heb “a month in its month.”


text: Heb “one kid of the goats.”


text: Heb “any work [of] service”; this means any occupational work, that is, the ordinary service.


text: Heb “unblemished they will be to you.” So also in v. 31 .