Numbers 1:48

1:48 The Lord had said to Moses, ¹ 

Numbers 13:1

Spies Sent Out

13:1 ² The Lord spoke ³  to Moses:

Numbers 14:28

14:28 Say to them, ‘As I live, ⁴  says ⁵  the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing. ⁶ 

Numbers 25:10

The Aftermath

25:10 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Numbers 25:16

25:16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Numbers 27:6

27:6 The Lord said to Moses:

Numbers 31:25

The Distribution of Spoils

31:25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

¹ tn Heb “had spoken to Moses, saying.” The infinitive construct of אָמַר (’amar), sometimes rendered “saying” in older English translations, does not need to be translated, but can be taken simply as the indicator of direct discourse. Most recent English translations, including the present one, leave the form untranslated for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

² sn Chapter 13 provides the names of the spies sent into the land (vv. 1-16), their instructions (vv. 17-20), their activities (vv. 21-25), and their reports (vv. 26-33). It is a chapter that serves as a good lesson on faith, for some of the spies walked by faith, and some by sight.

³ tn The verse starts with the vav (ו) consecutive on the verb: “and….”

³ sn Here again is the oath that God swore in his wrath, an oath he swore by himself, that they would not enter the land. “As the Lord lives,” or “by the life of the Lord,” are ways to render it.

⁴ tn The word נְאֻם (nÿ’um) is an “oracle.” It is followed by the subjective genitive: “the oracle of the Lord” is equal to saying “the Lord says.”

⁵ tn Heb “in my ears.”