Numbers 11:21

11:21 Moses said, “The people around me 1  are 600,000 on foot; 2  but you say, ‘I will give them meat, 3  that they may eat 4  for a whole month.’

Numbers 16:5

16:5 Then he said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person 5  to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.

Numbers 18:8

The Portion of the Priests

18:8 The Lord spoke to Aaron, “See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion 6  and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance.

Numbers 18:11

18:11 “And this is yours: the raised offering of their gift, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.

Numbers 19:10

19:10 The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer must wash his clothes and be ceremonially unclean until evening. This will be a permanent ordinance both for the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them.

1 tn Heb “the people who I am in their midst,” i.e., among whom I am.

2 tn The Hebrew sentence stresses the number. The sentence begins “600,000….”

3 tn The word order places the object first here: “Meat I will give them.” This adds to the contrast between the number and the statement of the Lord.

4 tn The verb is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, carrying the sequence from the preceding imperfect tense. However, this verb may be subordinated to the preceding to express a purpose clause.

5 tn Heb “him.”

6 tn This is an uncommon root. It may be connected to the word “anoint” as here (see RSV). But it may also be seen as an intended parallel to “perpetual due” (see Gen 47:22; Exod 29:28; Lev 6:11 [HT]).