Numbers 20:18

20:18 But Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, 1  or I will come out against 2  you with the sword.”

Numbers 22:29

22:29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “You have made me look stupid; I wish 3  there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.”

1 tn The imperfect tense here has the nuance of prohibition.

2 tn Heb “to meet.”

3 tn The optative clause is introduced with the particle לוּ (lu).