Numbers 8:16

8:16 For they are entirely given ¹  to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of ²  all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

Numbers 25:6

25:6 Just then ³  one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers ⁴  a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of ⁵  the whole community of the Israelites, while they ⁶  were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 36:3

36:3 Now if they should be married to one of the men ⁷  from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. ⁸  As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

¹ tn As before, the emphasis is obtained by repeating the passive participle: “given, given to me.”

² tn Or “as substitutes” for all the firstborn of the Israelites.

³ tn The verse begins with the deictic particle וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh), pointing out the action that was taking place. It stresses the immediacy of the action to the reader.

⁴ tn Or “to his family”; or “to his clan.”

⁵ tn Heb “before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of.”

⁶ tn The vav (ו) at the beginning of the clause is a disjunctive because it is prefixed to the nonverbal form. In this context it is best interpreted as a circumstantial clause, stressing that this happened “while” people were weeping over the sin.

⁵ tn “Men” is understood; it says “to one from the sons of the tribes of the Israelites for a wife,” or if he has her for a wife.

⁶ tn Heb “which they will be to them,” meaning, to those who have them, i.e., the marriages.