Numbers 1:5

1:5 Now these are the names of the men who are to help ¹  you:

from ²  Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

Numbers 5:29

5:29 “‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, ³  when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

Numbers 12:3

12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, ⁴  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

Numbers 15:32

15:32 When the Israelites were ⁵  in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. ⁶ 

Numbers 16:35

16:35 Then a fire ⁷  went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

Numbers 26:54

26:54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, ⁸  and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. ⁹  To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. ¹⁰ 

Numbers 27:16

27:16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, ¹¹  appoint ¹²  a man over the community,

Numbers 30:10

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

Numbers 31:17

31:17 Now therefore kill every boy, ¹³  and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man. ¹⁴ 

Numbers 31:42

31:42 From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men, ¹⁵ 

Numbers 32:18

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

[1:5]  ¹ tn The verb is עָמַד (’amad, “to stand”). It literally then is, “who will stand with you.” They will help in the count, but they will also serve as leaders as the camp moves from place to place.

[1:5]  ² tn The preposition lamed (ל) prefixed to the name could be taken in the sense of “from,” but could also be “with regard to” (specification).

[5:29]  ³ tn Heb “law of jealousies.”

[12:3]  ⁵ tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two.

[15:32]  ⁷ tn The preterite of the verb “to be” is here subordinated to the next, parallel verb form, to form a temporal clause.

[15:32]  ⁸ sn For this brief passage, see A. Phillips, “The Case of the Woodgatherer Reconsidered,” VT 19 (1969): 125-28; J. Weingreen, “The Case of the Woodgatherer (Numbers XV 32-36),” VT 16 (1966): 361-64; and B. J. Bamberger, “Revelations of Torah after Sinai,” HUCA 16 (1941): 97-113. Weingreen argues that there is something of the Rabbinic method of setting a fence around the Law here; in other words, if this sin were not punished, the Law would have been violated in greater ways. Gathering of wood, although seemingly harmless, is done with intent to kindle fire, and so reveals a culpable intent.

[16:35]  ⁹ tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.

[26:54]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”

[26:54]  ¹² tn Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”

[26:54]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.

[27:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “flesh”; cf. NAB, NIV “all mankind”; NCV “all people”; NLT “all living things.”

[27:16]  ¹⁴ tn This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” the people.

[31:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “every male among the little ones.”

[31:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “every woman who has known [a] man by lying with a man.”

[31:42]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the men who were fighting.”