Numbers 12:13

12:13 Then Moses cried to the Lord, “Heal her now, O God.” ¹ 

Numbers 16:24

16:24 “Tell the community: ‘Get away ²  from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

Numbers 17:12

17:12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! ³  We perish, we all perish!

Numbers 20:3

20:3 The people contended ⁴  with Moses, saying, ⁵  “If only ⁶  we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

Numbers 26:3

26:3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River ⁷  across from Jericho. ⁸  They said,

Numbers 33:50

At the Border of Canaan

33:50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

Numbers 35:1

The Levitical Cities

35:1 ⁹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. ¹⁰  He said:

[12:13]  ¹ tc Some scholars emend אֵל (’el, “God”) to עַל(’al, “no”). The effect of this change may be seen in the NAB: “‘Please, not this! Pray, heal her!’”

[16:24]  ² tn The motif of “going up” is still present; here the Hebrew text says “go up” (the Niphal imperative – “go up yourselves”) from their tents, meaning, move away from them.

[17:12]  ³ tn The use of הֵן (hen) and the perfect tense in the nuance of a prophetic perfect expresses their conviction that they were bound to die – it was certain (see GKC 312-13 §106.n).

[20:3]  ⁴ tn The verb is רִיב (riv); it is often used in the Bible for a legal complaint, a law suit, at least in form. But it can also describe a quarrel, or strife, like that between Abram’s men and Lot’s men in Genesis 13. It will be the main verb behind the commemorative name Meribah, the place where the people strove with God. It is a far more serious thing than grumbling – it is directed, intentional, and well-argued. For further discussion, see J. Limburg, “The Root ‘rib’ and the Prophetic Lawsuit Speeches,” JBL 88 (1969): 291-304.

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they said, saying.”

[20:3]  ⁶ tn The particle לוּ (lu) indicates the optative nuance of the line – the wishing or longing for death. It is certainly an absurdity to want to have died, but God took them at their word and they died in the wilderness.

[26:3]  ⁵ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in v. 62).

[26:3]  ⁶ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[35:1]  ⁶ sn This section has two main parts, the Levitical cities (vv. 1-8) and the Cities of Refuge (vv. 9-34).

[35:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.