Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 35:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “the pegs for spreading/fastening the courtyard and the Tent including their ropes,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “pegs and ropes to raise the holy place and courtyard” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “the pegs and the ropes/chords-that-support the Tent and the curtains around it,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and the ropes of the shelter and of the fence, and the small bras holders which they pound into the ground for holding those ropes,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “with its nail, with its rope,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “the pegs and ropes for the Sacred Tent and for the courtyard,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “clothes which were woven and put on when working/serving in the Tent of God.. Those are the clerical robes for the high priest Aaron and his sons.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “the woven garments to serve in the holy place- the garments for Aaron the high priest then the garments of his sons to serve as priest.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and the expensive and holy clothing/garments of the priest Aaron and his sons, that they will-wear when they serve the Holy Place.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and the upright offering decorations for Aron and his male children for doing their work of offerings in the interior of God’s shelter in the place which has a somewhat great taboo.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “with clothes of priests who will do thing inside of tent, cloth of head of priests namely Aaron with cloth of his male children who they will wear on hour when they do thing there.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “and the beautiful clothes that Aaron and his sons are to wear when they do their work in the Holy Place.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then those people of Israel left the place where Moses was.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All who were willing to offer an offering came and brought an offering to the Lord to make the Tent of Meeting,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the Israelinhon left in front of Moises.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “All the people of Israel left Moses and went.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “When Moses spoke finished, people of Israel left from him.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Then all the Israeli people returned to their tents.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Each one whom his stomach/heart accepted (it) brought the things which are given/offered to God for the construction of the Tent, all the necessary things which match together with the sacrificial clothes/clerical robes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “to serve there and to sew the sacred garments.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All who wanted to offer to the LORD brought materials which-to-be use to make the Tent Meeting-Place and all the things-for-use of-it, and to make the clothing/garments of the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But Moses’ talk had convicted many people (lit. turned many people’s interiors), and so each of the ones who wanted to bring some of their things to the Chief, right then they brought their things to be their offering to him. Those things of theirs went for making God’s shelter, and for helping the work of his shelter, and for making the decorations for the people of offerings.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And they who desire it which touched heart they might give thing to Yaweh, they took everything which be necessary Dwelling-Tent-of-God with its things, with cloth of priests to make.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Everyone who wanted to brought an offering to Yahweh. They brought some of the things that would be used to make the Sacred Tent and all the other items that would be used in the rituals, and the materials to make the sacred clothes for the priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Every man and/or woman came with different kinds of golden things like badges, ear rings, rings and necklaces. All of them came with those things and set raised them up before/to God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The men and women who were willing to offer an off ring brought earrings, rings, and chain all kinds of ornaments of gold.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All who wanted to offer, men and women, brought expensive pins, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and different kinds of gold jewelry. They brought their gold as an offering to the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And each of the men and women who wanted to bring some of their things to him, right then they brought their various kinds of gol decorations as follows: small gol things which they clip onto their clothing, their gol earrings, and their gol hand-finger rings, and other gol decorations. All those gol decorations, they lifted up with their hands and then waved them back and forth in the sight of the Chief, and so it was their offering to him.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Therefore, men and women went together, as they desiring it. They took gold of neck, with ear, with children of hand, with neck of hand, with gold other, a man giving Yahweh his own.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All the men and women who wanted to brought gold ornaments, earrings, rings, necklaces, and many other kinds of things made of gold, and they dedicated them to Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Whenever there was anyone with threads which are blue, purple or red or an expensive cloth, goats fur or rams skins or smoothened hide, or a hippo.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whoever has blue, purple and red thread, fine linen, goat’s hair, ram’s skin dyed with red color, skin of dolphin, they brought them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There was- also -(some)-who-offered blue, purple and red yarn, fine linen, cloth that made of hair of the goat, skin of the male sheep that dyed red, and good kind of leather.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And other people brought their needle thread which was red and somewhat red and blue which they made from sipsips’ hair, and good cloths, and male sipsips’ skins on which they rubbed red paint, and dugong skins.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And thread good which be green/blue, with that which be purple, with that which be red, with hair of sheep/goats, with skins of sheep/goats which they apply with red stuff, with skins of which be soft, they who have it all, they took it.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “And many people who had blue, purple, or red cloth or fine white linen or cloth made from goats’ hair or rams’ skins that were tanned/dyed red or leather made from goatskins brought some of these things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But those who had silver or bronze, they also brought them to be set apart for God. Other people also brought acacia boards to be used for any work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whoever offers an offering of silver and bronze brought to the Lord as an offering. Whoever has acacia wood for work they brought them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Others brought silver or bronze, and boards of acacia as an offering to the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And other people brought their silva and bras to be their offering to the Chief. And other people brought some of their pieces of akas wood for making the things of God’s shelter.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And gold white, with metal red, with white-acacia which be good with work, they who have it all, they took it, gave Yahweh it.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All those who had silver or bronze brought them as offerings to Yahweh. All those who had some acacia wood that could be used for any of the work brought it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 35:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “Every wise woman brought threads which were woven and were blue and purple and red and curtains which they had woven.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The skillful women brought the blue, purple, red thread and fine linen spurned by their own hands.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The women that has ability to make cloth(s) brought blue, purple and red yarn, and fine linen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And some of the women had great knowledge in rolling needle thread. They brought their needle thread which was red and somewhat red and blue, and their good cloths.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And women who be wise for thread spinning, they took thread good which they spun which be green/blue, with that which be purple, with red ones.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All the women who were skilled to make cloth brought fine linen thread and blue, purple, or red yarn/thread that they had made/spun.” (Source: Translation for Translators)