Numbers 23:8

23:8 How can I curse one whom God has not cursed,

or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 28:5

28:5 with one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin of pressed olive oil.

Numbers 28:27

28:27 But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old,

tn The figure is erotesis, a rhetorical question. He is actually saying he cannot curse them because God has not cursed them.

tn The imperfect tense should here be classified as a potential imperfect.

sn That is about two quarts.

sn That is about one quart.