35:14 “You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.
22:28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
31:36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;
24:10 Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. 2 Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless 3 them these three times!
1 tc Many commentators consider אוּלַי (’ulay, “perhaps”) to be a misspelling in the MT in place of לוּלֵי (luley, “if not”).
1 sn This is apparently a sign of contempt or derision (see Job 27:23; and Lam 2:15).
2 tn The construction is emphatic, using the infinitive absolute with the perfect tense for “bless.”