Numbers 4:6
4:6 Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather 1 and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert its poles.
Numbers 4:8
4:8 They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.
Numbers 4:10-11
4:10 Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam. 2
4:11 “They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.
Numbers 5:26
5:26 Then the priest will take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial portion, burn it on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water.
Numbers 9:12
9:12 They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.
Numbers 12:12
12:12 Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its 3 mother’s womb!”
Numbers 13:27
13:27 They told Moses, 4 “We went to the land where you sent us. 5 It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, 6 and this is its fruit.
Numbers 16:32
16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.
Numbers 21:25
21:25 So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. 7
Numbers 26:10
26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.
Numbers 28:15
28:15 And one male goat 8 must be offered to the Lord as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
Numbers 28:31
28:31 You are to offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering – they must be unblemished.
Numbers 29:19
29:19 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.
Numbers 36:9
36:9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”
1 tn The exact meaning of the Hebrew word here is difficult to determine. The term תַּחַשׁ (takhash) has been translated “badgers’ [skins]” by KJV. ASV has “sealskin” while RSV uses “goatskin”; NEB and NASB have “porpoise skin,” and NIV has “hides of sea cows.” This is close to “porpoise,” and seems influenced by the Arabic. The evidence is not strong for any of these meanings, and some of the suggestions would be problematic. It is possible the word is simply used for “fine leather,” based on the Egyptian ths. This has been followed by NRSV (“fine leather”) and NLT (“fine goatskin leather”) along with the present translation. See further HALOT 1720-21 s.v. תַּחַשׁ.
2 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.
3 tc The words “its mother” and “its flesh” are among the so-called tiqqune sopherim, or “emendations of the scribes.” According to this tradition the text originally had here “our mother” and “our flesh,” but the ancient scribes changed these pronouns from the first person to the third person. Apparently they were concerned that the image of Moses’ mother giving birth to a baby with physical defects of the sort described here was somehow inappropriate, given the stature and importance of Moses.
4 tn Heb “told him and said.” The referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The relative clause modifies “the land.” It is constructed with the relative and the verb: “where you sent us.”
6 sn This is the common expression for the material abundance of the land (see further, F. C. Fensham, “An Ancient Tradition of the Fertility of Palestine,” PEQ 98 [1966]: 166-67).
7 tn Heb “its daughters.”
8 tn Heb “one kid of the goats.”