Numbers 14:20

14:20 Then the Lord said, “I have forgiven them as you asked. ¹ 

Numbers 14:39

14:39 When Moses told ²  these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned ³  greatly.

Numbers 16:4

16:4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground. ⁴ 

[14:20]  ¹ tn Heb “forgiven according to your word.” The direct object, “them,” is implied.

[14:39]  ² tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.

[14:39]  ³ 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.).

[16:4]  ³ tn Heb “fell on his face.”