complete verse (Exodus 35:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “the altar where those things which smell sweet and poles for carrying, anointing oil, sweet smelling things, curtain for covering the door of the Tent,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “the altar of incense and its carrying poles, anointing oil, the fragrant incense and entrance’s curtain of the holy place,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “the altar for burning incense and its poles for carrying; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain at the entrance of the Tent;” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and the table of incense together with its poles, and the oil which is a sign of the things belonging to God, and the incense which makes smoke having a good smell, and the big cloth which is for blocking the opening of the shelter,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “with altar of incense, with its carry-wood, with fat of anointing, with incense, with cloth of door of tent,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “the altar for burning incense, and the poles for carrying that altar, the oil for anointing and the sweet-smelling incense, the curtain for the entrance of the Sacred Tent,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those things (loops) were fifty for each cloth and they sat looking at one another (opposite one another).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then they made fifty loops in the first piece of cloth that was joined first. As the same they made fifty loops in the last piece of cloth that joined later.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “with-50-each seemingly-rings for each edge.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “He sewed fifty ring-handles on the edge of one big cloth, and he sewed fifty more ring-handles to the opposite edge of the other big cloth.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They sewed holes of loops which be 50 at edge of one, with holes of loops which be 50 at edge of another, made it meet mouth.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 37:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 37:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “He made for that Box a cover/lid of pure gold. That cover had a length of forty five inches and a width of twenty seven inches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He made a Mercy Seat of gold of two and half cubits long and a cubit and half wide.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They also made a lid/cover of pure gold for the Box/Ark, which is about 40 inches long and about 27 inches wide.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And he made the box’s top from good gol, having a length which extends to our (incl.) opposite shoulder, and its width extending to our armpit. That top of the box, it’s the place in which blood wipes away people’s bad deeds, and so God is at peace again concerning them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And he took gold which not [eye] mixed with other things, go forged it for its head which is named place-of-mercy. He made its length it be joint of hand two and a half, and he made its width it be joint of hand one and a half.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “He made a lid for the chest. That was the place where Yahweh would forgive people’s sins. It also was 45 in./110 cm. long and 27 in./66 cm. wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) constructed a fence around the Tent of God. (He) constructed that fence with curtains woven together. The curtains for the southern side of the Tent had a length of forty five meters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made a courtyard for the tabernacle. Its southward’s length was a hundred cubits long. Then they made a fine linen curtain for it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They put a yard/courtyard to-the Tent Meeting-Place, and they put- fine linen curtain -around it. The length of the curtain on the south side around 150 feet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And when it was done then he took good cloths and then erected the fence so that it surrounded God’s shelter. And the long side of that fence toward the saut, its length amounted to twenty-five fathoms.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And they stick in fence at place of Dwelling-Tent-of-God. They hang clothes which they make with thread be good on the right, so that its width be joint of hand which be 100.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Around the Sacred Tent Bezalel and his helpers made a courtyard. To form the courtyard, they made curtains of fine white linen. On the south side, the curtain was 150 feet/46 meters long.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 39:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 39:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “(They) attached on top of that thing twelve stones. (They) arranged (them) those stones to go four, four and to go three, three. They arranged in the first line/row these stones: ruby, topaz and garnet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They mounted four rows of precious stones on it- a ruby, a topaz and a beryl in the first row,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They put four rows of expensive stones on it. In the first rows, ruby, topaz, and beryl;” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And when it was done, then they took twelve stones which had a very great price. And they affixed them onto the holders of their bases [which was] on that small cloth toward the outside. They arranged those stones in four groups. In the group which went first, they arranged a red rubi stone, and a yellow topas stone, and a very red beril stone.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Afterwards, they sew gem good on it, arrange it for three times four. Gem three which be present on its top, it be gem which be called odem, and pitdah, and bareqet, and gem three which be present underneath it, it be gem which be called nopek, and sapir, and yahalom, and gem three which be present underneath it, it be gem which be called lesem, and sebo, and ahlamah, and gem three which end it, it be gem which be called taris, and soham, and yasepeh.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They fastened four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row, they put a red ruby, a yellow topaz, and a red garnet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 39:42)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 39:42:

  • Kupsabiny: “The Israelites did everything as God had told Moses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Israelites did all the works as the Lord had commanded Moses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Israelinhon did all the things-to-be-done according to-the command of-the LORD to Moises.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “[Since] it was like that, then the Israel people finished all the work exactly as the Chief spoke to Moses about.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Therefore, children of Israel finish work as The Lord had said to Moses.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The Israeli people had done all this work exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 40:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 40:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “That is where Moses, Aaron and his sons washed their hands and legs” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Moses, Aaron and his sons used to wash their hands and feet in it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Aaron and his sons washed their hands and feet there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And then Moses and Aron and Aron’s male children washed their hands and their feet with it.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “That is what be water which Moses and Aaron and his children wash foot and hand with it.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Every time Moses/I and Aaron and his sons went into the Sacred Tent or went to the altar, they/we washed their/our hands and feet ritually, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Because these midwives/women obeyed God, God answered them well and made them to have children. The Israelites continued to increase so much until they became a people of strength in the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Because the midwives feared God, He also gave them offspring.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And because the midwives honored/respected God, God gave them their own families.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Therefore God did well to those two women, and so he made the two of them to give birth to their own children also, because they feared God. And the Israel people bore many and became a strong tribe.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Because women those two feared God, he blessed them they birthed children.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.” (Source: Translation for Translators)