Numbers 9:20

9:20 When ¹  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ²  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ³  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

Numbers 13:22

13:22 When they went up through the Negev, they ⁴  came ⁵  to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, ⁶  descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan ⁷  in Egypt.)

Numbers 28:9

Weekly Offerings

28:9 “‘On the Sabbath day, you must offer ⁸  two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah ⁹  of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.

[9:20]  ¹ tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (vÿyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”

[9:20]  ² tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.

[9:20]  ³ tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”

[13:22]  ⁴ tc The MT has the singular, but the ancient versions and Smr have the plural.

[13:22]  ⁵ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the following clause. The first verse gave the account of their journey over the whole land; this section focuses on what happened in the area of Hebron, which would be the basis for the false report.

[13:22]  ⁶ sn These names are thought to be three clans that were in the Hebron area (see Josh 15:14; Judg 1:20). To call them descendants of Anak is usually taken to mean that they were large or tall people (2 Sam 21:18-22). They were ultimately driven out by Caleb.

[13:22]  ⁷ sn The text now provides a brief historical aside for the readers. Zoan was probably the city of Tanis, although that is disputed today by some scholars. It was known in Egypt in the New Kingdom as “the fields of Tanis,” which corresponded to the “fields of Zoar” in the Hebrew Bible (Ps 78:12, 43).

[28:9]  ⁷ tn The words “you must offer” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.

[28:9]  ⁸ sn That is, about 4 quarts.