1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,
16:31 When he had finished 1 speaking 2 all these words, the ground that was under them split open,
31:42 From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men, 5
36:10 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did.
1 tn The initial temporal clause is standard: It begins with the temporal indicator “and it was,” followed here by the Piel infinitive construct with the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix. “And it happened when he finished.”
2 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.
3 sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
4 tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “the men who were fighting.”