Numbers 6:7

6:7 He must not defile himself even ¹  for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, ²  because the separation ³  for ⁴  his God is on his head.

Numbers 25:18

25:18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived ⁵  you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, ⁶  their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

Numbers 26:59

26:59 Now the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born ⁷  to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

[6:7]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ tn The word “separation” here is metonymy of adjunct – what is on his head is long hair that goes with the vow.

[6:7]  ⁴ 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.

[25:18]  ⁵ tn This is the same word as that translated “treachery.”

[25:18]  ⁶ sn Cozbi’s father, Zur, was one of five Midianite kings who eventually succumbed to Israel (Num 31:8). When the text gives the name and family of a woman, it is asserting that she is important, at least for social reasons, among her people.

[26:59]  ⁹ tn Heb “who she bore him to Levi.” The verb has no expressed subject. Either one could be supplied, such as “her mother,” or it could be treated as a passive.