Numbers 3:12
3:12 “Look, 1 I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of 2 every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
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.”
Numbers 32:14
32:14 Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.
Numbers 32:23
32:23 “But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned 4 against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here carries its deictic force, calling attention to the fact that is being declared. It is underscoring the fact that the Lord himself chose Levi.
2 tn Literally “in the place of.”
3 tn The optative clause is introduced with the particle לוּ (lu).
4 tn The nuance of the perfect tense here has to be the future perfect.