15:22 1 “‘If you 2 sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –
31:36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;
31:42 From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men, 3
35:7 “So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.
1 sn These regulations supplement what was already ruled on in the Levitical code for the purification and reparation offerings. See those rulings in Lev 4-7 for all the details. Some biblical scholars view the rules in Leviticus as more elaborate and therefore later. However, this probably represents a misunderstanding of the purpose of each collection.
2 tn The verb is the plural imperfect; the sin discussed here is a sin committed by the community, or the larger part of the community.
3 tn Heb “the men who were fighting.”