translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “[it is] like the good oil on the head, going down on the beard.”


text: Heb “which goes down in accordance with his measured things.” The Hebrew phrase מִדּוֹתָיו ( middotayv , “his measured things”) refers here to the robes worn by Aaron. HALOT 546 s.v. * מַד derives the form from מַד ( midah , “robe”) rather than מִדָּה ( middah , “measured thing”). Ugaritic md means “robe” and is pluralized mdt .


text: Or “for.”


text: Heb “there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forever.”