Numbers 2:9

2:9 All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel ¹  at the front.

Numbers 2:16-17

2:16 All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

The Tribe in the Center

2:17 “Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place ²  under his standard.

Numbers 4:37

4:37 These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

Numbers 6:23

6:23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the way ³  you are to bless ⁴  the Israelites. Say ⁵  to them:

Numbers 7:11

7:11 For the Lord said to Moses, “They must present their offering, one leader for each day, ⁶  for the dedication of the altar.”

Numbers 17:9

17:9 So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, ⁷  and each man took his staff.

Numbers 18:20

Duties of the Levites

18:20 The Lord spoke to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property ⁸  among them – I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 20:11

20:11 Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.

Numbers 20:29

20:29 When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

Numbers 21:16

21:16 And from there they traveled ⁹  to Beer; ¹⁰  that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, “Gather the people and I will give them water.”

Numbers 26:37

26:37 These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. ¹¹  These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.

Numbers 29:6

29:6 this is in addition to the monthly burnt offering and its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings as prescribed, as a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord.

¹ tn The verb is נָסָע (nasa’): “to journey, travel, set out,” and here, “to move camp.” Judah will go first, or, literally, at the head of the nation, when they begin to travel.

² tn The Hebrew expression is עַל־יָדוֹ (’al-yado, “upon his hand”). This clearly refers to a specifically designated place for each man.

³ tn Or “thus.”

⁴ tn The Piel imperfect has the nuance of instruction. The particle “thus” explains that the following oracle is the form to use.

⁵ tn Here is the only use of the verb אָמַר (’amar) as an infinitive absolute; it functions as a verb form, an imperative or an imperfect of instruction. Several commentators have attempted to emend the text to get around the difficulty, but such emendations are unnecessary.

⁴ tn The distributive sense is achieved by repetition: “one leader for the day, one leader for the day.”

⁵ tn The words “at them” are not in the Hebrew text, but they have been added in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn The phrase “of property” is supplied as a clarification.

⁷ 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.

⁸ sn Isa 15:8 mentions a Moabite Beerelim, which Simons suggests is Wadi Ettemed.

⁸ sn This is a significant reduction from the first count of 40,500.