Numbers 10:33-36
Context10:33 So they traveled from the mountain of the Lord three days’ journey; 1 and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was traveling before them during the three days’ journey, to find a resting place for them. 10:34 2 And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled 3 from the camp. 10:35 And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, “Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!” 10:36 And when it came to rest he would say, “Return, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel!” 4
1 tn The phrase “a journey of three days” is made up of the adverbial accusative qualified with the genitives.
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 sn These two formulaic prayers were offered by Moses at the beginning and at the end of the journeys. They prayed for the