Numbers 3:39

3:39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word ¹  of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000. ² 

Numbers 3:51

3:51 Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 4:27

4:27 “All the service of the Gershonites, whether ³  carrying loads ⁴  or for any of their work, will be at the direction of ⁵  Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks ⁶  as their responsibility.

Numbers 4:37

4:37 These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

Numbers 4:41

4:41 These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

Numbers 4:45

4:45 These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

Numbers 4:49

4:49 According to the word of the Lord they were numbered, ⁷  by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. ⁸  Thus were they numbered by him, ⁹  as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Genesis 45:21

45:21 So the sons of Israel did as he said. ¹⁰  Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, ¹¹  and he gave them provisions for the journey.

Deuteronomy 21:5

21:5 Then the Levitical priests ¹²  will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, ¹³  and to decide ¹⁴  every judicial verdict ¹⁵ )

[3:39]  ¹ tn Here again the Hebrew has “at the mouth of,” meaning in accordance with what the Lord said. So also in v. 51.

[3:39]  ² tn The total is a rounded off number; it does not duplicate the precise total of 22,300. Some modern scholars try to explain it by positing an error in v. 28, suggesting that “six” should be read as “three” (שֵׁשׁ [shesh] as שָׁלֹשׁ [shalosh]).

[4:27]  ³ tn The term “whether” is supplied to introduce the enumerated parts of the explanatory phrase.

[4:27]  ⁴ tn Here again is the use of the noun “burden” in the sense of the loads they were to carry (see the use of carts in Num 7:7).

[4:27]  ⁵ tn The expression is literally “upon/at the mouth of” (עַל־פִּי, ’al-pi); it means that the work of these men would be under the direct orders of Aaron and his sons.

[4:27]  ⁶ tn Or “burden.”

[4:49]  ⁷ tn The verb is the simple perfect tense – “he numbered them.” There is no expressed subject; therefore, the verb can be rendered as a passive.

[4:49]  ⁸ tn Or “his burden.”

[4:49]  ⁹ tn The passive form simply reads “those numbered by him.” Because of the cryptic nature of the word, some suggest reading a preterite, “and they were numbered.” This is supported by the Greek, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate. It would follow in the emendation that the relative pronoun be changed to “just as” (כַּאֲשֶׁר, ka’asher). The MT is impossible the way it stands; it can only be rendered into smooth English by adding something that is missing.

[45:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel did so.”

[45:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to the mouth of Pharaoh.”

[21:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”

[21:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the name of the Lord.” See note on Deut 10:8. The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[21:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “by their mouth.”

[21:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”