Exodus 1

a 1:5 Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) seventy-five

Exodus 2

a 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.

b 2:10 Moses sounds like the Hebrew for draw out.

c 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.

Exodus 3

a 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers

b 3:12 The Hebrew is plural.

c 3:14 Or I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE

d 3:15 The Hebrew for LORD sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I AM in verse 14.

Exodus 4

a 4:6 The Hebrew word for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

b 4:24 Hebrew him

c 4:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Exodus 6

a 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

b 6:3 See note at 3:15.

c 6:12 Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30

d 6:14 The Hebrew for families here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.

Exodus 7

a 7:19 Or even on their idols

Exodus 8

a In Hebrew texts 8:1–4 is numbered 7:26–29, and 8:5–32 is numbered 8:1–28.

b 8:23 Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew will put a deliverance

Exodus 9

a 9:16 Or have spared you

Exodus 10

a 10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you!

b 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds

Exodus 12

a 12:3 The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verse 4.

b 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan

Exodus 13

a 13:18 Or the Sea of Reeds

b 13:19 See Gen. 50:25.

Exodus 14

a 14:9 Or charioteers; also in verses 17, 18, 23, 26 and 28

b 14:25 See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text removed

c 14:27 Or from

Exodus 15

a 15:2 Or song

b 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22

c 15:15 Or rulers

d 15:16 Or created

e 15:19 Or charioteers

f 15:23 Marah means bitter.

Exodus 16

a 16:16 That is, possibly about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms; also in verses 18, 32, 33 and 36

b 16:22 That is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms

c 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.

d 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).

Exodus 17

a 17:7 Massah means testing.

b 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

c 17:16 Or to

d 17:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Exodus 18

a 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.

b 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.

Exodus 19

a 19:5, 6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. 6You

b 19:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint and all the people

c 19:19 Or and God answered him with thunder

Exodus 20

a 20:3 Or besides

Exodus 21

a 21:6 Or before God

b 21:8 Or master so that he does not choose her

c 21:15 Or kills

d 21:18 Or with a tool

e 21:22 Or she has a miscarriage

f 21:32 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams

Exodus 22

a In Hebrew texts 22:1 is numbered 21:37, and 22:2–31 is numbered 22:1–30.

b 22:8 Or before God, and he will

c 22:9 Or before God

d 22:9 Or whom God declares

e 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them.

f 22:28 Or Do not revile the judges

g 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Exodus 23

a 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds

b 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines

Exodus 25

a 25:5 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals

b 25:10 That is, a chest

c 25:10 That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 17

d 25:23 That is, about 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/4 feet high or about 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide and 68 centimeters high

e 25:25 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters

f 25:39 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

Exodus 26

a 26:2 That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

b 26:8 That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

c 26:13 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters

d 26:14 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)

e 26:16 That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide

Exodus 27

a 27:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters

b 27:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide

c 27:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters; also in verse 11

d 27:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters; also in verse 13

e 27:14 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters; also in verse 15

f 27:16 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters

g 27:18 That is, about 150 feet long and 75 feet wide or about 45 meters long and 23 meters wide

h 27:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters

Exodus 28

a 28:16 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters

b 28:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

c 28:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Exodus 29

a 29:9 Hebrew; Septuagint on them

b 29:14 Or purification offering; also in verse 36

c 29:40 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms

d 29:40 That is, probably about 1 quart or about 1 liter

Exodus 30

a 30:2 That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high

b 30:10 Or purification offering

c 30:13 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15

d 30:23 That is, about 12 1/2 pounds or about 5.8 kilograms; also in verse 24

e 30:23 That is, about 6 1/4 pounds or about 2.9 kilograms

f 30:24 That is, probably about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters

Exodus 32

a 32:1 Or a god; also in verses 23 and 31

b 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8

Exodus 34

a 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

b 34:22 That is, in the autumn

Exodus 35

a 35:7 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23

Exodus 36

a 36:9 That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

b 36:15 That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 14 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

c 36:19 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 35:7)

d 36:21 That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide

Exodus 37

a 37:1 That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 6

b 37:10 Or He; also in verses 11–29

c 37:10 That is, about 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/4 feet high or about 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide and 68 centimeters high

d 37:12 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters

e 37:24 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

f 37:25 That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high

Exodus 38

a 38:1 Or He; also in verses 2–9

b 38:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters

c 38:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide

d 38:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters

e 38:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters

f 38:14 That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters

g 38:18 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters

h 38:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters

i 38:24 The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.

j 38:25 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27

k 38:25 That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28

l 38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams

m 38:29 The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.

Exodus 39

a 39:2 Or He; also in verses 7, 8 and 22

b 39:9 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters

c 39:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

d 39:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

e 39:34 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals