Discovery BoxNumbers 1:17 
Context1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,
Numbers 3:42
Context3:42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.
Numbers 6:27
Context6:27 So they will put my name 1 on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Numbers 7:6
Context7:6 So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
Numbers 8:18
Context8:18 So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.
Numbers 14:4
Context14:4 So they said to one another, 2 “Let’s appoint 3 a leader 4 and return 5 to Egypt.”
Numbers 14:17
Context14:17 So now, let the power of my Lord 6 be great, just as you have said,
Numbers 15:12
Context15:12 You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.
Numbers 17:11
Context17:11 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him – this is what he did.
Numbers 20:9
Context20:9 So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him.
Numbers 20:21-22
Context20:21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
20:22 So the entire company of Israelites 7 traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. 8
Numbers 22:39
Context22:39 So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
Numbers 23:28
Context23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. 9
Numbers 29:40
Context29:40 (30:1) 10 So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him. 11
Numbers 31:31
Context31:31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 32:10
Context32:10 So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,
Numbers 32:40
Context32:40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there. 12
Numbers 36:10
Context36:10 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did.
1 tn The idea of their putting the name of Yahweh on the people is somewhat problematic. The pronouncing of the name of Yahweh in this context over the people was taken to be the effectual means of blessings. “Putting the name on them” is an expression that emphasizes the truth that he is their God and they are his people or that having his name is having his blessing.
2 tn Heb “a man to his brother.”
3 tn The verb is נָתַן (natan, “to give”), but this verb has quite a wide range of meanings in the Bible. Here it must mean “to make,” “to choose,” “to designate” or the like.
4 tn The word “head” (רֹאשׁ, ro’sh) probably refers to a tribal chief who was capable to judge and to lead to war (see J. R. Bartlett, “The Use of the Word רֹאשׁ as a Title in the Old Testament,” VT 19 [1969]: 1-10).
5 tn The form is a cohortative with a vav (ו) prefixed. After the preceding cohortative this could also be interpreted as a purpose or result clause – in order that we may return.
6 tc The form in the text is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay), the word that is usually used in place of the tetragrammaton. It is the plural form with the pronominal suffix, and so must refer to God.
7 tn Again the passage uses apposition: “the Israelites, the whole community.”
8 sn The traditional location for this is near Petra (Josephus, Ant. 4.4.7). There is serious doubt about this location since it is well inside Edomite territory, and since it is very inaccessible for the transfer of the office. Another view places it not too far from Kadesh Barnea, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast at Jebel Madurah, on the northwest edge of Edom and so a suitable point of departure for approaching Canaan from the south (see J. L. Mihelec, IDB 2:644; and J. de Vaulx, Les Nombres [SB], 231). Others suggest it was at the foot of Mount Hor and not actually up in the mountains (see Deut 10:6).
9 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).
10 sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
11 tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
12 tn Heb “in it.”
