Numbers 13:28

13:28 But ¹  the inhabitants ²  are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

Numbers 14:43

14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”

Numbers 16:2

16:2 and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders ³  of the community, chosen from the assembly, ⁴  famous men. ⁵ 

Numbers 17:3

17:3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. ⁶ 

Numbers 20:26

20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments ⁷  and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors ⁸  and will die there.”

Numbers 21:3

21:3 The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, ⁹  and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called ¹⁰  Hormah.

Numbers 27:4

27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession ¹¹  among the relatives ¹²  of our father.”

Numbers 32:38

32:38 Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed ¹³  the cities they built.

Numbers 33:9

33:9 They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.

[13:28]  ¹ tn The word (אֶפֶס, ’efes) forms a very strong adversative. The land was indeed rich and fruitful, but….”

[13:28]  ² tn Heb “the people who are living in the land.”

[16:2]  ³ tn Heb “princes” (so KJV, ASV).

[16:2]  ⁴ tn These men must have been counselors or judges of some kind.

[16:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “men of name,” or “men of renown.”

[17:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”

[20:26]  ⁷ tn The word “priestly” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “will be gathered”; this is a truncated form of the usual expression “gathered to his ancestors,” found in v. 24. The phrase “to his ancestors” is supplied in the translation here.

[21:3]  ⁹ tc Smr, Greek, and Syriac add “into his hand.”

[21:3]  ¹⁰ tn In the Hebrew text the verb has no expressed subject, and so here too is made passive. The name “Hormah” is etymologically connected to the verb “utterly destroy,” forming the popular etymology (or paronomasia, a phonetic wordplay capturing the significance of the event).

[27:4]  ¹¹ tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.

[27:4]  ¹² tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.

[32:38]  ¹³ tn Heb “called names.”