Numbers 31:24

31:24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.’”

Numbers 10:9

10:9 If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes ¹  you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved ²  from your enemies.

Numbers 15:2

15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land where you are to live, ³  which I am giving you, ⁴ 

Numbers 14:30

14:30 You will by no means enter into the land where ⁵  I swore ⁶  to settle ⁷  you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

¹ tn Both the “adversary” and “opposes” come from the same root: צָרַר (tsarar), “to hem in, oppress, harass,” or basically, “be an adversary.”

² tn The Niphal perfect in this passage has the passive nuance and not a reflexive idea – the Israelites would be spared because God remembered them.

¹ tn Heb “the land of your habitations.”

² tn The Hebrew participle here has the futur instans use of the participle, expressing that something is going to take place. It is not imminent, but it is certain that God would give the land to Israel.

¹ tn The relative pronoun “which” is joined with the resumptive pronoun “in it” to form a smoother reading “where.”

² tn The Hebrew text uses the anthropomorphic expression “I raised my hand” in taking an oath.

³ tn Heb “to cause you to dwell; to cause you to settle.”