17:1 6 The Lord spoke to Moses:
17:1 7 The Lord spoke to Moses:
10:9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?
Hamath like Arpad?
Samaria like Damascus? 8
1 tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”
2 tn Or “command.”
3 tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”
4 tn The verb is עָלָה (’alah). The Hiphil infinitive construct functions in a temporal clause. The idea of arranging the lamps on the lampstand certainly involved raising the lamps and placing them on the tops of each shaft and branch. Some have taken the idea to mean cause the flame to go up, or light the lamps.
5 tn The imperfect tense forms part of the instruction, and so the translation has to indicate that. The instruction would seem obvious, but the light was to shine in the area immediately in front of the lampstand, so that it would illumine the way and illumine the table that was across the room (hence, “in front of”).
6 sn Num 17:1 in the English Bible is 17:16 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note on 16:36.
7 sn Num 17:1 in the English Bible is 17:16 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note on 16:36.
8 sn Calneh … Carchemish … Hamath … Arpad … Samaria … Damascus. The city states listed here were conquered by the Assyrians between 740-717
9 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
10 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.