Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Num 21:23) | 3 tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause. |
| (0.38) | (Num 18:30) | 1 tn The wording of this verse is confusing; it may be that it is addressed to the priests, telling them how to deal with the offerings of the Levites. |
| (0.38) | (Num 15:38) | 3 sn The blue color may represent the heavenly origin of the Law, or perhaps, since it is a royal color, the majesty of the Lord. |
| (0.38) | (Num 15:14) | 4 tn The imperfect tenses must reflect the responsibility to comply with the law, and so the classifications of instruction or obligation may be applied. |
| (0.38) | (Num 13:26) | 1 tn The construction literally has “and they went and they entered,” which may be smoothed out as a verbal hendiadys, the one verb modifying the other. |
| (0.38) | (Num 12:13) | 1 tc Some scholars emend אֵל (ʾel, “God”) to עַל (ʿal, “no”). The effect of this change may be seen in the NAB: “Please, not this! Pray, heal her!” |
| (0.38) | (Num 10:7) | 3 sn The signal for moving camp was apparently different in tone and may have been sharper notes or a different sequence. It was in some way distinguishable. |
| (0.38) | (Num 7:5) | 3 tn The sentence uses the infinitive construct expressing purpose, followed by its cognate accusative: “[that they may be] for doing the work of” (literally, “serving the service of”). |
| (0.38) | (Num 6:3) | 3 tn This word occurs only here. It may come from the word “to water, to be moist,” and so refer to juice. |
| (0.38) | (Num 5:17) | 3 sn The dust may have come from the sanctuary floor, but it is still dust, and therefore would have all the pollutants in it. |
| (0.38) | (Num 4:15) | 5 tn The imperfect tense may be given the nuance of negated instruction (“they are not to”) or negated obligation (“they must not”). |
| (0.38) | (Num 3:47) | 1 tn The verb again is the perfect tense in sequence; the meaning of “take” may be interpreted here with the sense of “collect.” |
| (0.38) | (Num 3:16) | 2 tn The Pual perfect may be given the past perfect translation in this sentence because the act of commanding preceded the act of numbering. |
| (0.38) | (Num 1:47) | 1 tn The vav (ו) on this word indicates a disjunction with the previous sequence of reports. It may be taken as a contrastive clause, translated “but” or “however.” |
| (0.38) | (Lev 27:14) | 1 tn The expression “it shall stand” may be a technical term for “it shall be legally valid”; cf. NLT “assessment will be final.” |
| (0.38) | (Lev 10:6) | 3 tn Heb “shall weep [for] the burning which the Lord has burned”; NIV “may mourn for those the Lord has destroyed by fire.” |
| (0.38) | (Exo 32:1) | 7 tn The text has “this Moses.” But this instance may find the demonstrative used in an earlier deictic sense, especially since there is no article with it. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 30:32) | 1 tn Without an expressed subject, the verb may be treated as a passive. Any common use, as in personal hygiene, would be a complete desecration. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 25:17) | 2 tn After verbs of making or producing, the accusative (like “gold” here) may be used to express the material from which something is made (see GKC 371 §117.hh). |
| (0.38) | (Exo 19:4) | 2 sn The language here is the language of a bridegroom bringing the bride to the chamber. This may be a deliberate allusion to another metaphor for the covenant relationship. |
