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OET (OET-RV) But keep about nine hundred metres back from it. Don’t go any closer than that so that you all can see the way to go, because we haven’t been this way before.”
OET-LV Nevertheless a_distance it_will_be between_you_all and_between_it[fn] about_thousand cubit[s] in/on/at/with_distance do_not draw_near to_him/it so_that that you_all_may_know DOM the_way which you_all_will_go in/on/at/with_her if/because not you_all_have_passed in/on/at/with_way on_yesterday three_days_ago.
3:4 Variant note: ו/בינ/ו: (x-qere) ’וּ/בֵינָ֔י/ו’: lemma_c/996 n_1.1 morph_HC/R/Sp3ms id_06k23 וּ/בֵינָ֔י/ו
UHB אַ֣ךְ ׀ רָח֣וֹק יִהְיֶ֗ה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙ ובינו[fn] כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם אַמָּ֖ה בַּמִּדָּ֑ה אַֽל־תִּקְרְב֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו לְמַ֤עַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֧א עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ס ‡
(ʼak rāḩōq yihyeh bēynēykem vⱱynv kəʼalpayim ʼammāh bammiddāh ʼal-tiqrəⱱū ʼēlāyv ləmaˊan ʼₐsher-tēdəˊū ʼet-hadderek ʼₐsher tēləkū-ⱱāh kiy loʼ ˊₐⱱarttem badderek mittəmōl shilshōm.ş)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
Q וּבֵינָ֔יו
ULT But a distance shall be between you and it of about 2,000 cubits in measurement. Do not come near to it, so that you will know the way in which you should go, since you have not passed over by the way from yesterday or the day before.”
UST Keep nine hundred meters away from it. Do not come closer than that to it. You do not know the way you should go, since you have not gone this way before.”
BSB But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits [fn] between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
3:4 2,000 cubits is approximately 3,000 feet or 914.4 meters.
OEB Yet there shall be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have never passed this way before.
WEB Yet there shall be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits[fn] by measure—don’t come closer to it—that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”
3:4 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, so 2,000 cubits is about 920 meters.
WMB (Same as above)
3:4 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, so 2,000 cubits is about 920 meters.
NET But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
LSV only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; you do not come near to it, so that you know the way in which you go, for you have not passed over in the way before.”
FBV That way you'll know which way to go, since you haven't been here before. Leave about 3,000 feet between you and the Ark. Don't go near it!”
T4T You have not been ◄here/along this road► before, so you must follow the priests. But do not walk close to the chest. Stay ◄1,000 yards/900 meters► from the chest. The chest is sacred, so ◄God will punish you/you will be punished► if you come close to it.”
LEB But there will be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits in measurement.[fn] Do not come near it, so that you may know the way that you must go, for you have not passed onthis way before.”[fn]
BBE But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.
MOF so that you may learn the ford by which you are to cross; for you have never crossed here before. Only, you must not come close to the ark; between it and you there must be a space kept of one thousand yards.”
JPS Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'
ASV Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
DRA And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.
YLT only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.'
DBY yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
RV Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
WBS Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
KJB-1769 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.[fn]
(Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye/you_all may know the way by which ye/you_all must go: for ye/you_all have not passed this way heretofore. )
3.4 heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day
KJB-1611 [fn]Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousand cubites by measure: come not neere vnto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must goe: for yee haue not passed this way heretofore.
(Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubites by measure: come not near unto it, that ye/you_all may know the way by which ye/you_all must goe: for ye/you_all have not passed this way heretofore.)
3:4 Hebr. since yesterday & the third day.
BB So yet that there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousand cubites by measure: And ye shall not come nye vnto it, that ye may know the way by whiche ye must go: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.
(So yet that there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubites by measure: And ye/you_all shall not come nigh/near unto it, that ye/you_all may know the way by which ye/you_all must go: for ye/you_all have not gone this way in times past.)
GNV Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousande cubites by measure: ye shall not come neere vnto it, that ye may knowe the way, by the which ye shall goe: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.
(Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubites by measure: ye/you_all shall not come near unto it, that ye/you_all may know the way, by the which ye/you_all shall goe: for ye/you_all have not gone this way in times past. )
CB (but so, that there be rowme betwene you and it by two thousande cubites, & that ye come not nye it) yt ye maye knowe what waye ye shulde go: for ye neuer wente that waye afore.
((but so, that there be room between you and it by two thousand cubites, and that ye/you_all come not nigh/near it) it ye/you_all may know what way ye/you_all should go: for ye/you_all never went that way afore.)
WYC and a space of twey thousynde cubitis be bitwixe you and the arke, that ye moun se fer, and knowe bi what weie ye schulen entre, for ye `yeden not bifore bi it; and be ye war, that ye neiye not to the arke.
(and a space of two thousand cubitis be between you and the arke, that ye/you_all moun see fer, and know by what way ye/you_all should entre, for ye/you_all `yeden not before by it; and be ye/you_all war, that ye/you_all neiye not to the arke.)
LUT Doch daß zwischen euch und ihr Raum sei bei zweitausend Ellen. Ihr sollt nicht zu ihr nahen, auf daß ihr wisset, auf welchem Wege ihr gehen sollet; denn ihr seid den Weg vorhin nicht gegangen.
(Doch that zwischen you and her Raum be at zweitausend Ellen. Ihr sollt not to her nahen, on that her wisset, on which_one Wege her go sollet; because her seid the path vorhin not gegangen.)
CLV sitque inter vos et arcam spatium cubitorum duum millium: ut procul videre possitis, et nosse per quam viam ingrediamini: quia prius non ambulastis per eam: et cavete ne appropinquetis ad arcam.
(sitque between vos and arcam spatium cubitorum duum millium: as procul videre possitis, and nosse through how road ingrediamini: because first/before not/no ambulastis through eam: and cavete ne appropinquetis to arcam. )
BRN But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way [fn]before.
3:4 Gr. from yesterday and the third day. A frequent Hebraism.
BrLXX Ἀλλὰ μακρὰν ἔστω ἀναμέσον ὑμῶν καὶ ἐκείνης, ὅσον δισχιλίους πήχεις στήσεσθε· μὴ προσεγγίσητε αὐτῇ, ἵνα ἐπίστησθε τὴν ὁδὸν, ἣν πορεύσεσθε αὐτήν· οὐ γὰρ πεπόρευσθε τὴν ὁδὸν ἀπʼ ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης ἡμέρας.
(Alla makran estō anameson humōn kai ekeinaʸs, hoson disⱪilious paʸⱪeis staʸsesthe; maʸ prosengisaʸte autaʸ, hina epistaʸsthe taʸn hodon, haʸn poreusesthe autaʸn; ou gar peporeusthe taʸn hodon apʼ eⱪthes kai tritaʸs haʸmeras. )
3:4 Stay about half a mile behind them: God did not want his people to take his presence for granted. They were to acknowledge his holiness with reverence, respect, and awe.
Note 1 topic: translate-bdistance
כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם אַמָּ֖ה
about,thousand cubits
The word cubit is a measurement equaling the distance from the elbow to the end of the the middle finger tip. If it would help your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or a footnote. Alternate translation: “of about 900 meters” or “of about 1,000 yards”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
אַֽל־תִּקְרְב֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו לְמַ֤עַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֧א עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
not come_near to=him/it then which/who know DOM the,way which/who go in/on/at/with,her that/for/because/then/when not passed in/on/at/with,way on,yesterday before
If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these phrases so that the reason for the command is placed before the result. Alternate translation: “Since you have not passed over by the way from yesterday or before, do not come near to it, so that you will know the way in which you should go.”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
לְמַ֤עַן אֲשֶׁר
then which/who
The phrase so that introduces a purpose clause. The officers are stating the purpose for which they were to stay 2,000 cubits behind the Box of the Covenant. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a purpose clause.