Numbers 1:54

1:54 The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses ¹  – that is what they did.

Numbers 9:3

9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, ²  you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep ³  it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.” ⁴ 

Numbers 9:12

9:12 They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

Numbers 29:40

29:40 (30:1) ⁵  So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him. ⁶ 

Numbers 2:34

2:34 So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way ⁷  they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

Numbers 8:20

8:20 So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, this is what the Israelites did with them.

Numbers 9:5

9:5 And they observed the Passover ⁸  on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the wilderness of Sinai; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.

Numbers 30:2

30:2 If a man ⁹  makes a vow ¹⁰  to the Lord or takes an oath ¹¹  of binding obligation on himself, ¹²  he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised. ¹³ 

¹ tc The LXX adds “and Aaron.”

² tn The literal Hebrew expression is “between the evenings” (so also in vv. 5, 11). Sunset is certainly one evening; the other may refer to the change in the middle of the afternoon to the late afternoon, or the beginning of dusk. The idea is probably just at twilight, or dusk (see R. B. Allen, TWOT 2:694).

³ tn The two verbs in this verse are identical; they are imperfects of instruction. The English translation has been modified for stylistic variation.

⁴ tn The two words in this last section are standard “Torah” words. The word חֹק (khoq) is a binding statute, something engraved and monumental. The word מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) means “judgment, decision,” but with a more general idea of “custom” at its core. The verse is making it very clear that the Passover had to follow the custom and form that was legislated in Egypt.

³ sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁴ tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The Hebrew word is כֵּן (ken, “thus, so”).

⁵ tc The LXX omits this first clause; it also omits “at twilight.”

⁶ tn The legal construction states the class to which the law applies, and then lays down the condition: “men [man] – if….”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative construction to express this: “a man if he vows a vow.”

⁸ tn The expression is “swear an oath” (הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה, hishava’ shÿvu’ah). The vow (נֵדֶר, neder) was a promise to donate something of oneself or one’s substance to the Lord. The solemn oath seals the vow before the Lord, perhaps with sacrifice. The vocabulary recalls Abraham’s treaty with Abimelech and the naming of Beer Sheba with the word (see Gen 21).

⁹ tn The Hebrew text hasלֶאְסֹר אִסָּר (le’sor ’issar), meaning “to take a binding obligation.” This is usually interpreted to mean a negative vow, i.e., the person attempts to abstain from something that is otherwise permissible. It might involve fasting, or abstaining from marital sex, but it might also involve some goal to be achieved, and the abstaining from distractions until the vow is fulfilled (see Ps 132). The נֶדֶר (neder) may have been more for religious matters, and the אִסָּר more for social concerns, but this cannot be documented with certainty.

¹⁰ tn Heb “according to all that goes out of his mouth.”