Numbers 20:20

20:20 But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them ¹  with a large and powerful force. ² 

Numbers 34:9

34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

Numbers 11:24

11:24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle.

Numbers 17:9

17:9 So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, ³  and each man took his staff.

Numbers 21:33

21:33 Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces ⁴  marched out against them to do battle at Edrei.

Numbers 22:36

Balaam Meets Balak

22:36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

Numbers 34:4

34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ⁵  continue to Zin, and then its direction ⁶  will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

Numbers 17:8

17:8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony – and ⁷  the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds! ⁸ 

Numbers 21:23

21:23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he ⁹  gathered all his forces ¹⁰  together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When ¹¹  he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

[20:20]  ¹ tn Heb “to meet him.”

[20:20]  ² tn Heb “with many [heavy] people and with a strong hand.” The translation presented above is interpretive, but that is what the line means. It was a show of force, numbers and weapons, to intimidate the Israelites.

[17:9]  ³ tn The words “at them” are not in the Hebrew text, but they have been added in the translation for clarity.

[21:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “people.”

[34:4]  ⁷ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[34:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.

[17:8]  ⁹ tn Here too the deictic particle (“and behold”) is added to draw attention to the sight in a vivid way.

[17:8]  ¹⁰ sn There is no clear answer why the tribe of Levi had used an almond staff. The almond tree is one of the first to bud in the spring, and its white blossoms are a beautiful sign that winter is over. Its name became a name for “watcher”; Jeremiah plays on this name for God’s watching over his people (1:11-12).

[21:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Sihon.”

[21:23]  ¹² tn Heb “people.”

[21:23]  ¹³ tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.