Text -- Numbers 17:4 (NET)

17:4 You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 17:4

¹ tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.

² tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”