Discovery BoxNumbers 4:13 
Context4:13 Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar 1 and spread a purple cloth over it.
Numbers 10:34
Context10:34 2 And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled 3 from the camp.
Numbers 27:16
Context27:16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, 4 appoint 5 a man over the community,
Numbers 32:30
Context32:30 But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”
Numbers 35:10
Context35:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan River 6 into the land of Canaan,
1 tc The Greek text has “and he must place the cover upon the altar” instead of “and they must take away the ashes from the altar.” The verb is the Piel form; its nuance seems to be privative, i.e., stating that the object is deprived of the material – the ashes are removed. This is the main altar in the courtyard.
2 tc The scribes sensed that there was a dislocation with vv. 34-36, and so they used the inverted letters nun (נ) as brackets to indicate this.
3 tn The adverbial clause of time is composed of the infinitive construct with a temporal preposition and a suffixed subjective genitive.
4 tn Heb “flesh”; cf. NAB, NIV “all mankind”; NCV “all people”; NLT “all living things.”
5 tn This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” the people.
6 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
