Numbers 4:46

4:46 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

Numbers 8:14

8:14 And so ¹  you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

Numbers 9:8

9:8 So Moses said to them, “Remain ²  here and I will hear ³  what the Lord will command concerning you.”

Numbers 10:12-13

10:12 So the Israelites set out ⁴  on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

Judah Begins the Journey

10:13 This was the first time they set out on their journey according to the commandment ⁵  of the Lord, by the authority ⁶  of Moses.

Numbers 12:3

12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, ⁷  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

Numbers 14:17

14:17 So now, let the power of my Lord ⁸  be great, just as you have said,

Numbers 18:22

18:22 No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin ⁹  and die.

Numbers 21:27

21:27 That is why those who speak in proverbs ¹⁰  say,

“Come to Heshbon, let it be built.

Let the city of Sihon be established! ¹¹ 

Numbers 22:10

22:10 Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,

Numbers 24:15

Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time

24:15 Then he uttered this oracle: ¹² 

“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor;

the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

Numbers 31:41

31:41 So Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 32:24

32:24 So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said ¹³  you would do.”

Numbers 35:29

35:29 So these things must be a statutory ordinance ¹⁴  for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

[8:14]  ¹ tn The vav (ו) consecutive on the perfect tense not only carries the nuance of instruction forward to this clause, but also marks this clause out as a summary of what has taken place, i.e., by doing all this ritual Moses will have separated the Levites from the people for God’s own possession.

[9:8]  ¹ tn The verb is simply “stand,” but in the more general sense of waiting to hear the answer.

[9:8]  ² tn The cohortative may be subordinated to the imperative: “stand…[that I] may hear.”

[10:12]  ¹ sn The verb is the same as the noun: “they journeyed on their journeyings.” This underscores the point of their continual traveling.

[10:13]  ¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

[10:13]  ² tn Heb “hand.”

[12:3]  ¹ tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two.

[14:17]  ¹ tc The form in the text is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay), the word that is usually used in place of the tetragrammaton. It is the plural form with the pronominal suffix, and so must refer to God.

[18:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive construct of the verb “to bear” with the lamed (ל) preposition to express the result of such an action. “To bear their sin” would mean that they would have to suffer the consequences of their sin.

[21:27]  ¹ sn Proverbs of antiquity could include pithy sayings or longer songs, riddles, or poems composed to catch the significance or the irony of an event. This is a brief poem to remember the event, like an Egyptian victory song. It may have originated as an Amorite war taunt song; it was sung to commemorate this victory. It was cited later by Jeremiah (48:45-46). The composer invites his victorious people to rebuild the conquered city as a new capital for Sihon. He then turns to address the other cities which his God(s) has/have given to him. See P. D. Hanson, “The Song of Heshbon and David’s Nir,” HTR 61 (1968): 301.

[21:27]  ² tn Meaning, “rebuilt and restored.”

[24:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and he took up his oracle and said.”

[32:24]  ¹ tn Heb “that which goes out/has gone out of your mouth.”

[35:29]  ¹ tn Heb “a statute of judgment” (so KJV).