Numbers 19:16

19:16 And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, ¹  or the body of someone who died of natural causes, ²  or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days. ³ 

Numbers 21:22

21:22 “Let us ⁴  pass through your land; ⁵  we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”

Numbers 23:14

23:14 So Balak brought Balaam ⁶  to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, ⁷  where ⁸  he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

[19:16]  ¹ tn The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ’al pÿne hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.

[19:16]  ² tn Heb “a dead body”; but in contrast to the person killed with a sword, this must refer to someone who died of natural causes.

[19:16]  ³ sn See Matt 23:27 and Acts 23:3 for application of this by the time of Jesus.

[21:22]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text uses the singular in these verses to match the reference to “Israel.”

[21:22]  ⁵ tc Smr has “by the King’s way I will go. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.”

[23:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:14]  ⁸ tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”

[23:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he built.”