Discovery BoxNumbers 5:16 
Context5:16 “‘Then the priest will bring her near and have her stand 1 before the Lord.
Numbers 26:1
Context26:1 2 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, 3
Numbers 27:19
Context27:19 set him 4 before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission 5 him publicly. 6
Numbers 31:31
Context31:31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
1 tn The verb is the Hiphil of the word “to stand.” It could be rendered “station her,” but that sounds too unnatural. This is a meeting between an accused person and the Judge of the whole earth.
2 sn The breakdown of ch. 26 for outlining purposes will be essentially according to the tribes of Israel. The format and structure is similar to the first census, and so less comment is necessary here.
3 tc The MT has also “saying.”
4 tn This could be translated “position him,” or “have him stand,” since it is the causative stem of the verb “to stand.”
5 tn The verb is the Piel perfect of צִוָּה (tsivvah, literally “to command”). The verb has a wide range of meanings, and so here in this context the idea of instructing gives way to a more general sense of commissioning for duty. The verb in sequence is equal to the imperfect of instruction.
6 tn Heb “in their eyes.”
