Numbers 3:31

3:31 Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, ¹  the curtain, and all their service. ² 

Numbers 3:36

3:36 The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things, ³ 

Numbers 6:12

6:12 He must rededicate ⁴  to the Lord the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering, ⁵  but the former days will not be counted ⁶  because his separation ⁷  was defiled.

Numbers 24:8

24:8 God brought them out of Egypt.

They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull;

they will devour hostile people ⁸ 

and will break their bones

and will pierce them through with arrows.

Numbers 26:58

26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.

Numbers 26:65

26:65 For the Lord had said of them, “They will surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Numbers 27:14

27:14 For ⁹  in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you ¹⁰  rebelled against my command ¹¹  to show me as holy ¹²  before their eyes over the water – the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”

Numbers 31:47

31:47 From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 33:38

33:38 Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command ¹³  of the Lord, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month.

¹ tn The verb is יְשָׁרְתוּ (yÿsharÿtu, “they will serve/minister”). The imperfect tense in this place, however, probably describes what the priests would do, what they used to do. The verb is in a relative clause: “which they would serve with them,” which should be changed to read “with which they would serve.”

² tn The word is literally “its [their] service.” It describes all the implements that were there for the maintenance of these things.

³ tn Heb “and all their service.” This could possibly be a hendiadys: “and all their working tools.” However, the parallel with v. 26 suggests this is a separate phrase.

⁵ tn The same idea is to be found now in the use of the word נָזַר (nazar), which refers to a recommitment after the vow was interrupted.

⁶ tn The necessity of bringing the reparation offering was due to the reinstatement into the vow that had been interrupted.

⁷ tn Heb “will fall”; KJV “shall be lost”; ASV, NASB, NRSV “shall be void.”

⁸ tc The similar expression in v. 9 includes the word “head” (i.e., “his consecrated head”). The LXX includes this word in v. 12 as well.

⁷ tn Heb “they will devour nations,” their adversaries.

⁹ tn The preposition on the relative pronoun has the force of “because of the fact that.”

¹⁰ tn The verb is the second masculine plural form.

¹¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

¹² sn Using the basic meaning of the word קָדַשׁ (qadash, “to be separate, distinct, set apart”), we can understand better what Moses failed to do. He was supposed to have acted in a way that would have shown God to be distinct, different, holy. Instead, he gave the impression that God was capricious and hostile – very human. The leader has to be aware of what image he is conveying to the people.

¹¹ tn Heb “mouth.”