Numbers 10:3

10:3 When 1  they blow 2  them both, all the community must come 3  to you to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 16:12

16:12 Then Moses summoned 4  Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up. 5 

Numbers 22:14

22:14 So the princes of Moab departed 6  and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

1 tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated as a temporal clause to the following similar verbal construction.

2 tn The verb תָקַע (taqa’) means “to strike, drive, blow a trumpet.”

3 tn Heb “the assembly shall assemble themselves.”

4 tn Heb “Moses sent to summon.” The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the lamed (ל) preposition does not mean “call to” but “summon.” This is a command performance; for them to appear would be to submit to Moses’ authority. This they will not do.

5 tn The imperfect tense נַעֲלֶה (na’aleh) expresses their unwillingness to report: “we are not willing,” or “we will not.” The verb means “to go up.” It is used in the sense of appearing before an authority or a superior (see, e.g., Gen 46:31; Deut 25:7; Judg 4:5).

6 tn Heb “rose up.”