Numbers 1:54

1:54 The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses ¹  – that is what they did.

Numbers 8:6

8:6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify ²  them.

Numbers 9:2

9:2 “The Israelites are to observe ³  the Passover ⁴  at its appointed time. ⁵ 

Numbers 9:4

9:4 So Moses instructed ⁶  the Israelites to observe ⁷  the Passover.

Numbers 14:39

14:39 When Moses told ⁸  these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned ⁹  greatly.

Numbers 26:51

Total Number and Division of the Land

26:51 These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730. ¹⁰ 

Numbers 29:40

29:40 (30:1) ¹¹  So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him. ¹² 

Numbers 33:5

33:5 The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped in Succoth.

[1:54]  ¹ tc The LXX adds “and Aaron.”

[8:6]  ² tn The verb טָהַר (tahar) means that Moses was “to purify” or “to make ceremonially clean” the Levites so that they could enter the sanctuary and do the work prescribed for them. Whatever is “unclean” is not permitted in the sanctuary at all.

[9:2]  ³ tn The verb is simply “to do; to make” (עָשָׂה [’asah] in the jussive). It must have the idea here of “to perform; to keep; to observe” the ritual of the Passover.

[9:2]  ⁴ sn For a detailed study note on the Passover, see the discussion with the original institution in Exod 12. The word פֶּסַח (pesakh) – here in pause and with the article – has become the technical name for the spring festival of Israel. In Exod 12 the name is explained by the use of the verb “to pass over” (עָבַר, ’avar), indicating that the angel of death would pass over the house with the blood applied. Many scholarly attempts have been made to supply the etymology of the word, but none has been compelling enough to be accepted by a large number of biblical scholars. For general literature on the Passover, see J. B. Segal, The Hebrew Passover, as well as the Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias.

[9:2]  ⁵ tc The Greek text uses a plural here but the singular in vv. 7 and 13; the Smr uses the plural in all three places.

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[9:4]  ⁵ tn The infinitive construct functions as the direct object of the preceding verb (a Hebrew complementary usage), answering the question of what he said.

[14:39]  ⁵ tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.

[14:39]  ⁶ tn The word אָבַל (’aval) is rare, used mostly for mourning over deaths, but it is used here of mourning over bad news (see also Exod 33:4; 1 Sam 15:35; 16:1; etc.).

[26:51]  ⁶ sn This number shows only a slightly smaller total in the second census; the first was 603,550.

[29:40]  ⁷ sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[29:40]  ⁸ tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.