Numbers 4:18

4:18 “Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off ¹  from among the Levites;

Numbers 14:42

14:42 Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, and you will be ²  defeated before your enemies.

Numbers 15:22

Rules for Unintentional Offenses

15:22 ³ “‘If you ⁴  sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –

Numbers 23:26

23:26 But Balaam replied ⁵  to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, ⁶  I must do’?”

Numbers 28:18

28:18 And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work ⁷  on it.

Numbers 28:25

28:25 On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

Numbers 29:35

29:35 “‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

Numbers 32:20

32:20 Then Moses replied, ⁸  “If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

Numbers 32:25

32:25 So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

Numbers 32:30

32:30 But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”

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¹ sn The verb is simply the Qal, “do not cut off.” The context calls for a permissive nuance – “do not let them be cut off.” It was a difficult task to be handling the holy things correctly; Moses and Aaron were to see to it that they did it right and did not handle the objects, that is, Moses and Aaron were to safeguard their lives by making certain that proper procedures were followed.

² tn This verb could also be subordinated to the preceding: “that you be not smitten.”

³ sn These regulations supplement what was already ruled on in the Levitical code for the purification and reparation offerings. See those rulings in Lev 4-7 for all the details. Some biblical scholars view the rules in Leviticus as more elaborate and therefore later. However, this probably represents a misunderstanding of the purpose of each collection.

⁴ tn The verb is the plural imperfect; the sin discussed here is a sin committed by the community, or the larger part of the community.

⁵ tn Heb “answered and said.”

⁶ tn This first clause, “all that the Lord speaks” – is a noun clause functioning as the object of the verb that comes at the end of the verse. It is something of an independent accusative case, since it is picked up with the sign of the accusative: “all that the Lord speaks, it I must do.”

⁷ tn Heb “any work [of] service”; this means any occupational work, that is, the ordinary service.

⁸ tn Heb “said to them.”