Discovery BoxNumbers 11:33 
Context11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, 1 the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.
Numbers 13:23
Context13:23 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 21:13
Context21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions 3 of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
1 tn The verb is a prefixed conjugation, normally an imperfect tense. But coming after the adverb טֶּרֶם (terem) it is treated as a preterite.
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 Or “border.”
