Numbers 15:34

15:34 They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

Numbers 17:4

17:4 You must place them ¹  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ²  where I meet with you.

Numbers 17:7

17:7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. ³ 

Numbers 32:15

32:15 For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon ⁴  them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.” ⁵ 

Numbers 19:9

19:9 “‘Then a man who is ceremonially clean must gather up the ashes of the red heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept ⁶  for the community of the Israelites for use in the water of purification ⁷  – it is a purification for sin. ⁸ 

[17:4]  ¹ tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.

[17:4]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”

[17:7]  ¹ tn The name of the tent now attests to the centrality of the ark of the covenant. Instead of the “tent of meeting” (מוֹעֵד, mo’ed) we now find the “the tent of the testimony” (הָעֵדֻת, ha’edut).

[32:15]  ¹ tn The construction uses a verbal hendiadys with the verb “to add” serving to modify the main verb.

[32:15]  ² tn Heb “and you will destroy all this people.”

[19:9]  ¹ tn Heb “it will be.”

[19:9]  ² tn The expression לְמֵי נִדָּה (lÿme niddah) is “for waters of impurity.” The genitive must designate the purpose of the waters – they are for cases of impurity, and so serve for cleansing or purifying, thus “water of purification.” The word “impurity” can also mean “abhorrent” because it refers to so many kinds of impurities. It is also called a purification offering; Milgrom notes that this is fitting because the sacrificial ritual involved transfers impurity from the purified to the purifier (pp. 62-72).

[19:9]  ³ sn The ashes were to be stored somewhere outside the camp to be used in a water portion for cleansing someone who was defiled. This is a ritual that was enacted in the wilderness; it is something of a restoring rite for people alienated from community.