Numbers 7:12

The Tribal Offerings

7:12 The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah. ¹ 

Numbers 10:34

10:34 ²  And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled ³  from the camp.

Numbers 11:19

11:19 You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

Numbers 15:32

15:32 When the Israelites were ⁴  in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. ⁵ 

Numbers 28:18

28:18 And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work ⁶  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 29:17

29:17 “‘On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Numbers 29:20

29:20 “‘On the third day you must offer ⁷  eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Numbers 29:23

29:23 “‘On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Numbers 29:26

29:26 “‘On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Numbers 29:29

29:29 “‘On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Numbers 29:32

29:32 “‘On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Numbers 29:35

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

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¹ sn The tribe of Judah is listed first. It seems that it had already achieved a place of prominence based on the patriarchal promise of the Messiahship in Judah (Gen 49:10).

² tc The scribes sensed that there was a dislocation with vv. 34-36, and so they used the inverted letters nun (נ) as brackets to indicate this.

³ tn The adverbial clause of time is composed of the infinitive construct with a temporal preposition and a suffixed subjective genitive.

⁴ tn The preterite of the verb “to be” is here subordinated to the next, parallel verb form, to form a temporal clause.

⁵ sn For this brief passage, see A. Phillips, “The Case of the Woodgatherer Reconsidered,” VT 19 (1969): 125-28; J. Weingreen, “The Case of the Woodgatherer (Numbers XV 32-36),” VT 16 (1966): 361-64; and B. J. Bamberger, “Revelations of Torah after Sinai,” HUCA 16 (1941): 97-113. Weingreen argues that there is something of the Rabbinic method of setting a fence around the Law here; in other words, if this sin were not punished, the Law would have been violated in greater ways. Gathering of wood, although seemingly harmless, is done with intent to kindle fire, and so reveals a culpable intent.

⁶ tn Heb “any work [of] service”; this means any occupational work, that is, the ordinary service.

⁷ tn The words “you must offer” are implied.