Text -- Numbers 9:20 (NET)

9:20 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 9:20

¹ tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (vÿyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”

² tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.

³ tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”