18:30 “Therefore you will say to them, 1 ‘When you offer up 2 the best of it, then it will be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor and as the product of the winepress.
23:18 Balaam 3 uttered 4 his oracle, and said,
“Rise up, 5 Balak, and hear;
Listen to me, son of Zippor:
1 tn The wording of this verse is confusing; it may be that it is addressed to the priests, telling them how to deal with the offerings of the Levites.
2 tn The clause begins with the infinitive construct with its preposition and suffixed subject serving to indicate the temporal clause.
3 tn Heb “he.” The antecedent has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “took up.”
5 tn The verb probably means “pay attention” in this verse.