Numbers 15:39

15:39 You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow 1  after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness. 2 

Numbers 22:6

22:6 So 3  now, please come and curse this nation 4  for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them 5  and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, 6  and whoever you curse is cursed.”

1 tn Heb “seek out, look into.”

2 tn This last clause is a relative clause explaining the influence of the human heart and physical sight. It literally says, “which you go whoring after them.” The verb for “whoring” may be interpreted to mean “act unfaithfully.” So, the idea is these influences lead to unfaithful activity: “after which you act unfaithfully.”

3 tn The two lines before this verse begin with the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), and so they lay the foundation for these imperatives. In view of those circumstances, this is what should happen.

4 tn Heb “people.” So also in vv. 10, 17, 41.

5 tn The construction uses the imperfect tense אוּכַל (’ukhal, “I will be able”) followed by the imperfect tense נַכֶּה (nakkeh, “we will smite/attack/defeat”). The second verb is clearly the purpose or the result of the first, even though there is no conjunction or particle.

6 tn The verb is the Piel imperfect of בָּרַךְ (barakh), with the nuance of possibility: “whomever you may bless.” The Pual participle מְבֹרָךְ (mÿvorakh) serves as the predicate.