Numbers 3:42

3:42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.

Numbers 17:11

17:11 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him – this is what he did.

Numbers 20:9

20:9 So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him.

Numbers 20:21

20:21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

Numbers 25:12

25:12 Therefore, announce: 1  ‘I am going to give 2  to him my covenant of peace. 3 

Numbers 29:40

29:40 (30:1) 4  So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him. 5 

1 tn Heb “say.”

2 tn Here too the grammar expresses an imminent future by using the particle הִנְנִי (hinni) before the participle נֹתֵן (noten) – “here I am giving,” or “I am about to give.”

3 tn Or “my pledge of friendship” (NAB), or “my pact of friendship” (NJPS). This is the designation of the leadership of the priestly ministry. The terminology is used again in the rebuke of the priests in Mal 2.

4 sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

5 tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.