Numbers 4:20

4:20 But the Kohathites ¹  are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

Numbers 16:29

16:29 If these men die a natural death, ²  or if they share the fate ³  of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

Numbers 20:4

20:4 Why ⁴  have you brought up the Lord’s community into this wilderness? So that ⁵  we and our cattle should die here?

Numbers 20:26

20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments ⁶  and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors ⁷  and will die there.”

Numbers 35:12

35:12 And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

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¹ tn In the Hebrew text the verse has as the subject “they,” but to avoid confusion the antecedent has been clarified in the translation.

² tn Heb “if like the death of every man they die.”

³ tn The noun is פְּקֻדָּה (pÿquddah, “appointment, visitation”). The expression refers to a natural death, parallel to the first expression.

⁴ tn Heb “and why….” The conjunction seems to be recording another thing that the people said in their complaint against Moses.

⁵ tn The clause uses the infinitive construct with the lamed (ל) preposition. The clause would be a result clause in this sentence: “Why have you brought us here…with the result that we will all die?”

⁶ tn The word “priestly” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “will be gathered”; this is a truncated form of the usual expression “gathered to his ancestors,” found in v. 24. The phrase “to his ancestors” is supplied in the translation here.