Numbers 4:16

4:16 “The appointed responsibility of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is for the oil for the light, and the spiced incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil; he also has the appointed responsibility over all the tabernacle with all that is in it, over the sanctuary and over all its furnishings.”

Numbers 10:10

10:10 “Also in the time when you rejoice, such as on your appointed festivals or at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may become a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”


tn This is supplied to the line to clarify “appointed.”

tn Heb “and.”

sn One would assume that he would prepare and wrap these items, but that the Kohathites would carry them to the next place.

tn The conjunction may be taken as explicative or epexegetical, and so rendered “namely; even; that is,” or it may be taken as emphatic conjunction, and translated “especially.”

tn The vav (ו) is taken here in its alternative use and translated “or.”

tn The form is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. After the instruction imperfects, this form could be given the same nuance, or more likely, subordinated as a purpose or result clause.

tn The verb “to be” (הָיָה, hayah) has the meaning “to become” when followed by the preposition lamed (ל).