Numbers 14:23
14:23 they will by no means 1 see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
Numbers 14:30
14:30 You will by no means enter into the land where 2 I swore 3 to settle 4 you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Numbers 18:5
18:5 You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be 5 no more wrath on the Israelites.
Numbers 26:33
26:33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 27:4
27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession 6 among the relatives 7 of our father.”
Numbers 27:8
27:8 And you must tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies 8 and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;
Numbers 36:9
36:9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”
1 tn The word אִם (’im) indicates a negative oath formula: “if” means “they will not.” It is elliptical. In a human oath one would be saying: “The Lord do to me if they see…,” meaning “they will by no means see.” Here God is swearing that they will not see the land.
2 tn The relative pronoun “which” is joined with the resumptive pronoun “in it” to form a smoother reading “where.”
3 tn The Hebrew text uses the anthropomorphic expression “I raised my hand” in taking an oath.
4 tn Heb “to cause you to dwell; to cause you to settle.”
5 tn The clause is a purpose clause, and the imperfect tense a final imperfect.
6 tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.
7 tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.
8 tn Heb “a man, if he dies.”