Discovery BoxNumbers 14:28 
Context14:28 Say to them, ‘As I live, 1 says 2 the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing. 3
Numbers 15:35
Context15:35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone 4 him with stones outside the camp.”
Numbers 35:16
Context35:16 “But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, 5 he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:31
Context35:31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
1 sn Here again is the oath that God swore in his wrath, an oath he swore by himself, that they would not enter the land. “As the
2 tn The word נְאֻם (nÿ’um) is an “oracle.” It is followed by the subjective genitive: “the oracle of the
3 tn Heb “in my ears.”
sn They had expressed the longing to have died in the wilderness, and not in war. God will now give them that. They would not say to God “your will be done,” so he says to them, “your will be done” (to borrow from C. S. Lewis).
4 tn The sentence begins with the emphatic use of the infinitive absolute with the verb in the Hophal imperfect: “he shall surely be put to death.” Then, a second infinitive absolute רָגוֹם (ragom) provides the explanatory activity – all the community is to stone him with stones. The punishment is consistent with other decrees from God (see Exod 31:14,15; 35:2). Moses had either forgotten such, or they had simply neglected to (or were hesitant to) enact them.
5 tn the verb is the preterite of “die.” The sentence has :“if…he strikes him and he dies.” The vav (ו) consecutive is showing the natural result of the blow.
