Discovery BoxNumbers 12:13 
Context12:13 Then Moses cried to the Lord, “Heal her now, O God.” 1
Numbers 23:8
Context23:8 How 2 can I curse 3 one whom God has not cursed,
or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?
Numbers 27:16
Context27:16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, 4 appoint 5 a man over the community,
1 tc Some scholars emend אֵל (’el, “God”) to עַל(’al, “no”). The effect of this change may be seen in the NAB: “‘Please, not this! Pray, heal her!’”
2 tn The figure is erotesis, a rhetorical question. He is actually saying he cannot curse them because God has not cursed them.
3 tn The imperfect tense should here be classified as a potential imperfect.
4 tn Heb “flesh”; cf. NAB, NIV “all mankind”; NCV “all people”; NLT “all living things.”
5 tn This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” the people.
