Numbers 9:20-21

9:20 When ¹  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ²  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ³  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey. 9:21 And when ⁴  the cloud remained only ⁵  from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up ⁶  the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

Numbers 22:29

22:29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “You have made me look stupid; I wish ⁷  there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.”

Numbers 13:20

13:20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, ⁸  and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” Now it was the time of year ⁹  for the first ripe grapes. ¹⁰ 

¹ 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….”

² tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.

³ tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”

⁴ tn The construction is the same in the preceding verse.

⁵ tn “Only” is supplied to reflect the contrast between the two verses.

⁶ tn The construction in this half of the verse uses two vav (ו) consecutive clauses. The first is subordinated to the second as a temporal clause: “when…then….”

⁷ tn The optative clause is introduced with the particle לוּ (lu).

¹⁰ tn The verb is the Hitpael perfect with vav (ו) consecutive, from the root חָזַק (khazaq, “to be strong”). Here it could mean “strengthen yourselves” or “be courageous” or “determined.” See further uses in 2 Sam 10:12; 1 Kgs 20:22; 1 Chr 19:13.

¹¹ tn Heb “Now the days were the days of.”

¹² sn The reference to the first ripe grapes would put the time somewhere at the end of July.