Numbers 2:34

2:34 So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way ¹  they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

Numbers 9:18

9:18 At the commandment ²  of the Lord the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the Lord they would make camp; as long as ³  the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp.

Numbers 9:20

9:20 When ⁴  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ⁵  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ⁶  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

Numbers 9:23

9:23 At the commandment of the Lord they camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority ⁷  of Moses.

Numbers 12:14

12:14 The Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only spit ⁸  in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again.”

Numbers 21:26

21:26 For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, ⁹  as far as the Arnon.

Numbers 26:11

26:11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.

[2:34]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word is כֵּן (ken, “thus, so”).

[9:18]  ² tn Heb “at the mouth of” (so also in vv. 20, 23).

[9:18]  ³ tn Heb “all the days of – that the cloud settled over the tabernacle.” “All” is the adverbial accusative of time telling how long they camped in one spot – all. The word is then qualified by the genitive of the thing measured – “all of the days” – and this in turn is qualified by a noun clause functioning as a genitive after “days of.”

[9:20]  ³ tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (vÿyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”

[9:20]  ⁴ tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.

[9:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”

[9:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

[12:14]  ⁵ tn The form is intensified by the infinitive absolute, but here the infinitive strengthens not simply the verbal idea but the conditional cause construction as well.

[21:26]  ⁶ sn There is a justice, always, in the divine plan for the conquest of the land. Modern students of the Bible often think that the conquest passages are crude and unjust. But an understanding of the ancient Near East is critical here. This Sihon was not a part of the original population of the land. He himself invaded the territory and destroyed the population of Moab that was indigenous there and established his own kingdom. The ancient history is filled with such events; it is the way of life they chose – conquer or be conquered. For Israel to defeat them was in part a turning of their own devices back on their heads – “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” Sihon knew this, and he did not wait, but took the war to Israel. Israel wanted to pass through, not fight. But now they would either fight or be pushed into the gorge. So God used Israel to defeat Sihon, who had no claim to the land, as part of divine judgment.