Numbers 9:20

9:20 When 1  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, 2  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, 3  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

Numbers 18:16

18:16 And those that must be redeemed you are to redeem when they are a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel (which is twenty gerahs).

1 tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (vÿyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”

2 tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.

3 tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”