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 4:37

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 13:3

13:3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command ¹  of the Lord. All of them were leaders ²  of the Israelites.

Numbers 22:28

22:28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

Numbers 27:14

27:14 For ³  in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you ⁴  rebelled against my command ⁵  to show me as holy ⁶  before their eyes over the water – the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”

Numbers 33:7

33:7 They traveled from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-Zephon; and they camped before Migdal.

Numbers 36:5

Moses’ Decision

36:5 Then Moses gave a ruling ⁷  to the Israelites by the word ⁸  of the Lord: “What the tribe of the Josephites is saying is right.

[13:3]  ¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

[13:3]  ² tn Heb “heads.”

[27:14]  ¹ tn The preposition on the relative pronoun has the force of “because of the fact that.”

[27:14]  ² tn The verb is the second masculine plural form.

[27:14]  ³ tn Heb “mouth.”

[27:14]  ⁴ sn Using the basic meaning of the word קָדַשׁ (qadash, “to be separate, distinct, set apart”), we can understand better what Moses failed to do. He was supposed to have acted in a way that would have shown God to be distinct, different, holy. Instead, he gave the impression that God was capricious and hostile – very human. The leader has to be aware of what image he is conveying to the people.

[36:5]  ¹ tn Heb “commanded.”

[36:5]  ² tn Heb “mouth.”