Numbers 3:38

3:38 But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, ¹  and his sons. They were responsible for the needs ²  of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.

Numbers 7:3

7:3 They brought ³  their offering before the Lord, six covered carts ⁴  and twelve oxen – one cart for every two of the leaders, and an ox for each one; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle.

Numbers 8:22

8:22 After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

Numbers 9:6

9:6 It happened that some men ⁵  who were ceremonially defiled ⁶  by the dead body of a man ⁷  could not keep ⁸  the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Numbers 27:17

27:17 who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, ⁹  and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that ¹⁰  the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

Numbers 27:21

27:21 And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who ¹¹  will seek counsel ¹²  for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. ¹³  At his command ¹⁴  they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”

Numbers 32:17

32:17 but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness ¹⁵  and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against ¹⁶  the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:29

32:29 Moses said to them: “If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the Lord’s presence, and you conquer the land, ¹⁷  then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

Numbers 36:1

Women and Land Inheritance

36:1 Then the heads of the family groups ¹⁸  of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses ¹⁹  and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. ²⁰ 

¹ tc In some Hebrew mss and Smr “and Aaron” is not in the verse. The omission arose probably by scribal error with such repetitious material that could easily give rise to variant traditions.

² tn Here again the verb and its cognate noun are used: keeping the keep, or keeping charge over, or taking responsibility for the care of, or the like.

³ tn Heb “and they brought.”

⁴ sn For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.

⁵ tn In the Hebrew text the noun has no definite article, and so it signifies “some” or “certain” men.

⁶ tn The meaning, of course, is to be ceremonially unclean, and therefore disqualified from entering the sanctuary.

⁷ tn Or “a human corpse” (so NAB, NKJV). So also in v.7; cf. v. 10.

⁸ tn This clause begins with the vav (ו) conjunction and negative before the perfect tense. Here is the main verb of the sentence: They were not able to observe the Passover. The first part of the verse provides the explanation for their problem.

⁷ sn This is probably technical terminology for a military leader (Josh 14:11; 1 Sam 18:13-16; 1 Kgs 3:7; 2 Kgs 11:9). The image of a shepherd can also be military in nature (1 Kgs 22:17).

⁸ tn The Hebrew text has the conjunction with the negated imperfect tense, “and it will not be.” This clause should be subordinated to the preceding to form a result clause, and the imperfect then function as a final imperfect.

⁹ tn The passage simply has “and he will ask,” but Eleazar is clearly the subject now.

¹⁰ tn Heb “ask.”

¹¹ sn The new leader would not have the privilege that Moses had in speaking to God face to face. Rather, he would have to inquire of the Lord through the priest, and the priest would seek a decision by means of the Urim. The Urim and the Thummim were the sacred lots that the priest had in his pouch, the “breastplate” as it has traditionally been called. Since the Law had now been fully established, there would be fewer cases that the leader would need further rulings. Now it would simply be seeking the Lord’s word for matters such as whether to advance or not. The size, shape or substance of these objects is uncertain. See further C. Van Dam, The Urim and Thummim.

¹² tn Heb “mouth,” meaning what he will say.

¹¹ tn The MT has חֻשִׁים (khushim); the verbal root is חוּשׁ (khush, “to make haste” or “hurry”). But in light of the Greek and Latin Vulgate the Hebrew should probably be emended to חֲמֻשִׁים (hamushim), a qal passive participle meaning “in battle array.” See further BDB 301 s.v. I חוּשׁ, BDB 332 s.v. חֲמֻשִׁים; HALOT 300 s.v. I חושׁ, חישׁ; HALOT 331 s.v. I חמשׁ.

¹² tn Heb “from before.”

¹³ tn Heb “and the land is subdued before you.”

¹⁵ tn The expression is “the heads of the fathers by the family of the Gileadites.”

¹⁶ tn The Greek and the Syriac add “and before Eleazar the priest.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “heads of the fathers.”