Numbers 35:28

35:28 because the slayer ¹  should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

Numbers 33:39

33:39 Now Aaron was 123 years old when he died in Mount Hor.

Numbers 6:7

6:7 He must not defile himself even ²  for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, ³  because the separation ⁴  for ⁵  his God is on his head.

Numbers 16:29

16:29 If these men die a natural death, ⁶  or if they share the fate ⁷  of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

Numbers 23:10

23:10 Who ⁸  can count ⁹  the dust ¹⁰  of Jacob,

Or number ¹¹  the fourth part of Israel?

Let me ¹²  die the death of the upright, ¹³ 

and let the end of my life ¹⁴  be like theirs.” ¹⁵ 

Numbers 26:10

26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.

Numbers 35:32

35:32 And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. ¹⁶ 

Numbers 35:25

35:25 The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there ¹⁷  until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

[35:28]  ¹ tn Heb “he.”

[6:7]  ² tn The vav (ו) conjunction at the beginning of the clause specifies the cases of corpses that are to be avoided, no matter how painful it might be.

[6:7]  ³ tn The construction uses the infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffixed subjective genitive – “in the dying of them” – to form the adverbial clause of time.

[6:7]  ⁴ tn The word “separation” here is metonymy of adjunct – what is on his head is long hair that goes with the vow.

[6:7]  ⁵ tn The genitive could perhaps be interpreted as possession, i.e., “the vow of his God,” but it seems more likely that an objective genitive would be more to the point.

[16:29]  ³ tn Heb “if like the death of every man they die.”

[16:29]  ⁴ tn The noun is פְּקֻדָּה (pÿquddah, “appointment, visitation”). The expression refers to a natural death, parallel to the first expression.

[23:10]  ⁴ tn The question is again rhetorical; it means no one can count them – they are innumerable.

[23:10]  ⁵ tn The perfect tense can also be classified as a potential nuance. It does not occur very often, but does occur several times.

[23:10]  ⁶ sn The reference in the oracle is back to Gen 13:16, which would not be clear to Balaam. But God had described their growth like the dust of the earth. Here it is part of the description of the vast numbers.

[23:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and as a number, the fourth part of Israel.” The noun in the MT is not in the construct state, and so it should be taken as an adverbial accusative, forming a parallel with the verb “count.” The second object of the verse then follows, “the fourth part of Israel.” Smr and the LXX have “and who has numbered” (וּמִסְפָּר, umispar), making this colon more parallel to the preceding one. The editor of BHS prefers this reading.

[23:10]  ⁸ tn The use of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) for the subject of the verb stresses the personal nature – me.

[23:10]  ⁹ sn Here the seer’s words link with the promise of Gen 12:3, that whoever blesses Israel will be blessed. Since the blessing belongs to them, the upright (and not Balak), Balaam would like his lot to be with them.

[23:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my latter end.”

[23:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his.”

[35:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “the priest.” The Greek and the Syriac have “high priest.” The present translation, along with many English versions, uses “high priest” as a clarification.

[35:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “in it.”