Numbers 3:12
Context3:12 “Look, 1 I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of 2 every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,
Numbers 27:4
Context27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession 3 among the relatives 4 of our father.”
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here carries its deictic force, calling attention to the fact that is being declared. It is underscoring the fact that the
2 tn Literally “in the place of.”
3 tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.
4 tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.