Discovery BoxNumbers 4:30-31 
Context4:30 You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting. 4:31 This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames 1 of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,
Numbers 4:33
Context4:33 This is the service of the families of the Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
Numbers 22:38
Context22:38 Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able 2 to speak 3 just anything? I must speak 4 only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
Numbers 27:22
Context27:22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; he took Joshua and set 5 him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.
Numbers 28:19
Context28:19 “‘But you must offer to the Lord an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished. 6
Numbers 29:17
Context29:17 “‘On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Numbers 29:20
Context29:20 “‘On the third day you must offer 7 eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Numbers 29:23
Context29:23 “‘On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Numbers 29:26
Context29:26 “‘On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Numbers 29:29
Context29:29 “‘On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Numbers 29:32
Context29:32 “‘On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Numbers 35:4
Context35:4 The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards 8 from the town wall.
1 sn More recent studies have concluded that these “boards” were made of two long uprights joined by cross-bars (like a ladder). They were frames rather than boards, meaning that the structure under the tent was not a solid building. It also meant that the “boards” would have been lighter to carry.
2 tn The verb is אוּכַל (’ukhal) in a question – “am I able?” But emphasizing this is the infinitive absolute before it. So Balaam is saying something like, “Can I really say anything?”
3 tn The Piel infinitive construct (without the preposition) serves as the object of the verb “to be able.” The whole question is rhetorical – he is saying that he will not be able to say anything God does not allow him to say.
4 tn The imperfect tense is here taken as an obligatory imperfect.
5 tn Heb “stood.”
6 tn Heb “unblemished they will be to you.” So also in v. 31.
7 tn The words “you must offer” are implied.
8 tn Heb “one thousand cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) in length, so this would be a distance of 1,500 feet or 500 yards (675 meters).
