Bilangan 11:8
Konteks11:8 And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil. 1
Bilangan 11:31
Konteks11:31 Now a wind 2 went out 3 from the Lord and brought quail 4 from the sea, and let them fall 5 near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet 6 high on the surface of the ground.
Bilangan 27:11
Konteks27:11 and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, 7 as the Lord commanded Moses.’”
[11:8] 1 tn Heb “And its taste was like the taste of fresh olive oil.”
[11:31] 2 sn The irony in this chapter is expressed in part by the use of the word רוּחַ (ruakh). In the last episode it clearly meant the Spirit of the
[11:31] 3 tn The verb means “burst forth” or “sprang up.” See the ways it is used in Gen 33:12, Judg 16:3, 14; Isa 33:20.
[11:31] 4 sn The “quail” ordinarily cross the Sinai at various times of the year, but what is described here is not the natural phenomenon. Biblical scholars looking for natural explanations usually note that these birds fly at a low height and can be swatted down easily. But the description here is more of a supernatural supply and provision. See J. Gray, “The Desert Sojourn of the Hebrews and the Sinai Horeb Tradition,” VT 4 (1954): 148-54.
[11:31] 5 tn Or “left them fluttering.”
[11:31] 6 tn Heb “two cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) in length.
[27:11] 7 tn The expression is חֻקַּת מִשְׁפָּט (khuqqat mishpat, “a statute of judgment”), which means it is a fixed enactment that determines justice. It is one which is established by God.
