Numbers 9:23
9:23 At the commandment of the Lord they camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority 1 of Moses.
Numbers 13:23
13:23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a staff 2 between two men, as well as some of the pomegranates and the figs.
Numbers 18:3
18:3 They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.
Numbers 32:9
32:9 When 3 they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter 4 the land that the Lord had given 5 them.
1 tn Heb “hand.”
2 tn The word is related etymologically to the verb for “slip, slide, bend, totter.” This would fit the use very well. A pole that would not bend would be hard to use to carry things, but a pole or stave that was flexible would serve well.
3 tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.
4 tn The infinitive construct here with lamed (ל) is functioning as a result clause.
5 tn The Lord had not given it yet, but was going to give it. Hence, the perfect should be classified as a perfect of resolve.