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Numbers 9:20

Context

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 9:23

Context
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 4  of Moses.

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.”

4 tn Heb “hand.”



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