Numbers 1:17

1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

Numbers 3:49

3:49 So Moses took the redemption money ¹  from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.

Numbers 7:6

7:6 So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

Numbers 19:6

19:6 And the priest must take cedar wood, hyssop, ²  and scarlet wool and throw them into the midst of the fire where the heifer is burning. ³ 

Numbers 19:17

19:17 “‘For a ceremonially unclean person you must take ⁴  some of the ashes of the heifer ⁵  burnt for purification from sin and pour ⁶  fresh running ⁷  water over them in a vessel.

Numbers 20:25

20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up on Mount Hor.

Numbers 23:28

23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. ⁸ 

Numbers 31:11

31:11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

Numbers 31:51

31:51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

Numbers 34:15

34:15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, ⁹  toward the sunrise.”

Numbers 34:18

34:18 You must take one leader from every ¹⁰  tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance. ¹¹ 

Numbers 35:31

35:31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

[3:49]  ¹ sn The word used is “silver.” Coins were not in existence until after 700 b.c. (starting with Lydia).

[19:6]  ¹ sn In addition to the general references, see R. K. Harrison, “The Biblical Problem of Hyssop,” EvQ 26 (1954): 218-24.

[19:6]  ² sn There is no clear explanation available as to why these items were to be burned with the heifer. N. H. Snaith suggests that in accordance with Babylonian sacrifices they would have enhanced the rites with an aroma (Leviticus and Numbers [NCB], 272). In Lev 14 the wood and the hyssop may have been bound together by the scarlet wool to make a sprinkling device. It may be that the symbolism is what is important here. Cedar wood, for example, is durable; it may have symbolized resistance to future corruption and defilement, an early acquired immunity perhaps (R. K. Harrison, Numbers [WEC], 256).

[19:17]  ¹ tn The verb is the perfect tense, third masculine plural, with a vav (ו) consecutive. The verb may be worded as a passive, “ashes must be taken,” but that may be too awkward for this sentence. It may be best to render it with a generic “you” to fit the instruction of the text.

[19:17]  ² tn The word “heifer” is not in the Hebrew text, but it is implied.

[19:17]  ³ tn Here too the verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; rather than make this passive, it is here left as a direct instruction to follow the preceding one. For the use of the verb נָתַן (natan) in the sense of “pour,” see S. C. Reif, “A Note on a Neglected Connotation of ntn,” VT 20 (1970): 114-16.

[19:17]  ⁴ tn The expression is literally “living water.” Living water is the fresh, flowing spring water that is clear, life-giving, and not the collected pools of stagnant or dirty water.

[23:28]  ¹ tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).

[34:15]  ¹ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[34:18]  ¹ tn This sense is created by repetition: “one leader, one leader from the tribe.”

[34:18]  ² tn The sentence simply uses לִנְחֹל (linkhol, “to divide, apportion”). It has been taken already to mean “allocate as an inheritance.” Here “assist” may be added since Joshua and Eleazar had the primary work.