Discovery BoxNumbers 2:1 
ContextThe Arrangement of the Tribes
2:1 1 The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron:
Numbers 4:1
ContextThe Service of the Kohathites
4:1 2 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Numbers 4:17
Context4:17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Numbers 9:23
Context9:23 At the commandment of the Lord they camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority 3 of Moses.
Numbers 27:5
Context27:5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord.
Numbers 31:37
Context31:37 the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675.
Numbers 36:2
Context36:2 They said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give 4 the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
1 sn For this chapter, see C. E. Douglas, “The Twelve Houses of Israel,” JTS 37 (1936): 49-56; C. C. Roach, “The Camp in the Wilderness: A Sermon on Numbers 2:2,” Int 13 (1959): 49-54; and G. St. Clair, “Israel in Camp: A Study,” JTS 8 (1907): 185-217.
2 sn The chapter has four main parts to it: Kohathites (1-20), Gershonites (21-28), Merarites (29-33) and the census of the Levites (34-49).
3 tn Heb “hand.”
4 tn The infinitive construct “to give” serves here as the complement or object of the verb, answering what the
