Numbers 1:4

1:4 And to help you ¹  there is to be a man from each ²  tribe, each man ³  the head ⁴  of his family. ⁵ 

Numbers 3:20

3:20 The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

Numbers 4:2

4:2 “Take a census ⁶  of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

Numbers 4:22

4:22 “Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

Numbers 4:34

Summary

4:34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

Numbers 4:40

4:40 those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.

Numbers 30:3

Vows Made by Single Women

30:3 “If a young ⁷  woman who is still living ⁸  in her father’s house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,

Numbers 30:10

30:10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

Numbers 32:18

32:18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and with you.”

[1:4]  ² tn The construction uses the noun in a distributive sense: “a man, a man for a tribe,” meaning a man for each tribe.

[1:4]  ³ tn The clause expresses a distributive function, “a man” means “each man.”

[1:4]  ⁴ sn See J. R. Bartlett, “The Use of the Word ראשׁ as a Title in the Old Testament,” VT 19 (1969): 1-10.

[1:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “the house of his fathers.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “lift up the head.” The form נָשֹׂא (naso’) is the Qal infinitive absolute functioning here as a pure verb form. This serves to emphasize the basic verbal root idea (see GKC 346 §113.bb).

[30:3]  ¹¹ tn The qualification comes at the end of the verse, and simply says “in her youth.”

[30:3]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text just has “in her father’s house” and not “who is still living,” but that is the meaning of the line.