3:40 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take 1 the number of their names.
9:20 When 2 the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, 3 they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, 4 and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.
31:36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;
1 tn The verb נָשָׂא (nasa’, “take”) has here the sense of collect, take a census, or register the names.
2 tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (vÿyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”
3 tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.
4 tn Heb “mouth of the