10:25 The standard of the camp of the Danites set out, which was the rear guard 1 of all the camps by their companies; over his company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
11:24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle.
21:16 And from there they traveled 4 to Beer; 5 that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, “Gather the people and I will give them water.”
1 tn The MT uses a word that actually means “assembler,” so these three tribes made up a strong rear force recognized as the assembler of all the tribes.
2 tn The word “priestly” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “will be gathered”; this is a truncated form of the usual expression “gathered to his ancestors,” found in v. 24. The phrase “to his ancestors” is supplied in the translation here.
3 tn The words “they traveled” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied here because of English style. The same phrase is supplied at the end of v. 18.
4 sn Isa 15:8 mentions a Moabite Beerelim, which Simons suggests is Wadi Ettemed.