Discovery BoxNumbers 26:55 
Context26:55 The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.
Numbers 30:1
Context30:1 1 Moses told the leaders 2 of the tribes concerning the Israelites, “This is what 3 the Lord has commanded:
Numbers 31:4
Context31:4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.” 4
1 sn Num 30 deals with vows that are different than the vows discussed in Lev 27 and Num 6. The material is placed here after all the rulings of the offerings, but it could have been revealed to Moses at any time, such as the Nazirite vows, or the question of the daughters’ inheritance. The logic of placing it here may be that a festival was the ideal place for discharging a vow. For additional material on vows, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 465-66.
2 tn Heb “heads.”
3 tn Heb “This is the word which.”
4 sn Some commentators argue that given the size of the nation (which they reject) the small number for the army is a sign of the unrealistic character of the story. The number is a round number, but it is also a holy war, and God would give them the victory. They are beginning to learn here, and at Jericho, and later against these Midianites under Gideon, that God does not want or need a large army in order to obtain victory.
