Discovery BoxNumbers 18:17 
Context18:17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash 1 their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Numbers 27:17
Context27:17 who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, 2 and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that 3 the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”
Numbers 31:30
Context31:30 From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep – from every kind of animal – and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.”
1 tn Or “throw, toss.”
2 sn This is probably technical terminology for a military leader (Josh 14:11; 1 Sam 18:13-16; 1 Kgs 3:7; 2 Kgs 11:9). The image of a shepherd can also be military in nature (1 Kgs 22:17).
3 tn The Hebrew text has the conjunction with the negated imperfect tense, “and it will not be.” This clause should be subordinated to the preceding to form a result clause, and the imperfect then function as a final imperfect.
