Numbers 14:7

14:7 They said to the whole community of the Israelites, “The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly ¹  good land.

Numbers 12:3

12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, ²  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

Numbers 14:39

14:39 When Moses told ³  these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned ⁴  greatly.

Numbers 11:10

Moses’ Complaint to the Lord

11:10 ⁵ Moses heard the people weeping ⁶  throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased. ⁷ 

Numbers 11:33

11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, ⁸  the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.

Numbers 13:28

13:28 But ⁹  the inhabitants ¹⁰  are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

Numbers 22:3

22:3 And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

Numbers 22:17

22:17 For I will honor you greatly, ¹¹  and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”

Numbers 16:15

16:15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, “Have no respect ¹²  for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”

Numbers 32:1

The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites

32:1 ¹³ Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle, ¹⁴ 

[14:7]  ¹ tn The repetition of the adverb מְאֹד (mÿ’od) is used to express this: “very, very [good].”

[12:3]  ² tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two.

[14:39]  ³ tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.

[14:39]  ⁴ 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.).

[11:10]  ⁴ sn Moses begins to feel the burden of caring for this people, a stubborn and rebellious people. His complaint shows how contagious their complaining has been. It is one thing to cry out to God about the load of ministry, but it is quite another to do it in such a way as to reflect a lack of faith in God’s provision. God has to remind the leader Moses that he, the Lord, can do anything. This is a variation on the theme from Exodus – “who am I that I should lead….”

[11:10]  ⁵ tn The participle “weeping” is functioning here as the noun in the accusative case, an adverbial accusative of state. It is explicative of the object.

[11:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “it was evil in the eyes of Moses.”

[11:33]  ⁵ tn The verb is a prefixed conjugation, normally an imperfect tense. But coming after the adverb טֶּרֶם (terem) it is treated as a preterite.

[13:28]  ⁶ tn The word (אֶפֶס, ’efes) forms a very strong adversative. The land was indeed rich and fruitful, but….”

[13:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “the people who are living in the land.”

[22:17]  ⁷ tn The construction uses the Piel infinitive כַּבֵּד (kabbed) to intensify the verb, which is the Piel imperfect/cohortative אֲכַבֶּדְךָ (’akhabbedkha). The great honor could have been wealth, prestige, or position.

[16:15]  ⁸ tn The verb means “to turn toward”; it is a figurative expression that means “to pay attention to” or “to have regard for.” So this is a prayer against Dathan and Abiram.

[32:1]  ⁹ sn While the tribes are on the other side of Jordan, the matter of which tribes would settle there has to be discussed. This chapter begins the settlement of Israel into the tribal territories, something to be continued in Joshua. The chapter has the petitions (vv. 1-5), the response by Moses (vv. 6-15), the proposal (vv. 16-27), and the conclusion of the matter (vv. 28-42). For literature on this subject, both critical and conservative, see S. E. Loewenstein, “The Relation of the Settlement of Gad and Reuben in Numbers 32:1-38, Its Background and Its Composition,” Tarbiz 42 (1972): 12-26; J. Mauchline, “Gilead and Gilgal, Some Reflections on the Israelite Occupation of Palestine,” VT 6 (1956): 19-33; and A. Bergmann, “The Israelite Tribe of Half-Manasseh,” JPOS 16 (1936): 224-54.

[32:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the place was a place of/for cattle.”