Numbers 12:5

12:5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.

Numbers 12:12

12:12 Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its ¹  mother’s womb!”

Numbers 14:37

14:37 those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

Numbers 16:35

16:35 Then a fire ²  went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

Numbers 20:18

20:18 But Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, ³  or I will come out against ⁴  you with the sword.”

Numbers 20:20

20:20 But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them ⁵  with a large and powerful force. ⁶ 

Numbers 31:13

31:13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp.

Numbers 31:27

31:27 Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war – who went out to battle – and the other for all the community.

Numbers 32:24

32:24 So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said ⁷  you would do.”

Numbers 33:1

Wanderings from Egypt to Sinai

33:1 ⁸ These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority ⁹  of Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 34:9

34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

[12:12]  ¹ tc The words “its mother” and “its flesh” are among the so-called tiqqune sopherim, or “emendations of the scribes.” According to this tradition the text originally had here “our mother” and “our flesh,” but the ancient scribes changed these pronouns from the first person to the third person. Apparently they were concerned that the image of Moses’ mother giving birth to a baby with physical defects of the sort described here was somehow inappropriate, given the stature and importance of Moses.

[16:35]  ¹ 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.

[20:18]  ¹ tn The imperfect tense here has the nuance of prohibition.

[20:18]  ² tn Heb “to meet.”

[20:20]  ¹ tn Heb “to meet him.”

[20:20]  ² tn Heb “with many [heavy] people and with a strong hand.” The translation presented above is interpretive, but that is what the line means. It was a show of force, numbers and weapons, to intimidate the Israelites.

[32:24]  ¹ tn Heb “that which goes out/has gone out of your mouth.”

[33:1]  ¹ sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).

[33:1]  ² tn Heb “hand.”