Numbers 5:22

5:22 and this water that causes the curse will go ¹  into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” ²  Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.” ³ 

Numbers 14:33

14:33 and your children will wander ⁴  in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, ⁵  until your dead bodies lie finished ⁶  in the wilderness.

Numbers 15:41

15:41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Numbers 18:31

18:31 And you may ⁷  eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

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¹ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.

² tn Heb “fall away.”

³ tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.

⁴ tn The word is “shepherds.” It means that the people would be wilderness nomads, grazing their flock on available land.

⁵ tn Heb “you shall bear your whoredoms.” The imagery of prostitution is used throughout the Bible to reflect spiritual unfaithfulness, leaving the covenant relationship and following after false gods. Here it is used generally for their rebellion in the wilderness, but not for following other gods.

⁶ tn The infinitive is from תָּמַם (tamam), which means “to be complete.” The word is often used to express completeness in a good sense – whole, blameless, or the like. Here and in v. 35 it seems to mean “until your deaths have been completed.” See also Gen 47:15; Deut 2:15.

⁷ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it functions as the equivalent of the imperfect of permission.