Numbers 16:37
Context16:37 “Tell 1 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up 2 the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire 3 at a distance.
Numbers 20:11
Context20:11 Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.


[16:37] 2 tn The verb is the jussive with a vav (ו) coming after the imperative; it may be subordinated to form a purpose clause (“that he may pick up”) or the object of the imperative.
[16:37] 3 tn The Hebrew text just has “fire,” but it would be hard to conceive of this action apart from the idea of coals of fire.