Numbers 5:16

5:16 “‘Then the priest will bring her near and have her stand ¹  before the Lord.

Numbers 6:25

6:25 The Lord make his face to shine upon you,

and be gracious to you; ² 

Numbers 16:4

16:4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground. ³ 

Numbers 27:5

27:5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

[5:16]  ¹ tn The verb is the Hiphil of the word “to stand.” It could be rendered “station her,” but that sounds too unnatural. This is a meeting between an accused person and the Judge of the whole earth.

[6:25]  ² tn Whereas the first line of the blessing had three Hebrew words, the second has five, and the third has seven. In this second line and the following third, the blessing takes the form of an emblem followed by the truth. For the Lord to make his face shine on them would mean to be gracious to them. M. Noth rightly calls this image of the shining face “a figure of speech for benevolence and favour” (Numbers [OTL], 59); see, for example, Pss 4:7; 31:17; 44:4; 67:2; 80:4, 8, 20; 119:135; Dan 9:17). The image may have its inspiration in the theophanies. The picture is of divine favor – the beaming face of a parent for his beloved.

[16:4]  ³ tn Heb “fell on his face.”