Numbers 4:10

4:10 Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam.

Numbers 21:17

21:17 Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well, sing to it!

Numbers 28:10

28:10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 32:42

32:42 Then Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.


tn The “pole” or “bar” (מוֹט, mot) is of a different style than the poles used for transporting the ark. It seems to be a flexible bar carried by two men with the implements being transported tied to the bar. The NEB suggests the items were put in a bag and slung over the bar, but there is no indication of the manner.

tn After the adverb “then” the prefixed conjugation has the preterite force. For the archaic constructions, see D. N. Freedman, “Archaic Forms in Early Hebrew Poetry,” ZAW 72 (1960): 101-7. The poem shows all the marks of being ancient.

tn Heb “the burnt offering of the Sabbath by its Sabbath.”