Bilangan 15:39

15:39 You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow ¹  after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness. ² 

Bilangan 16:40

16:40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of ³  Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company – just as the Lord had spoken by the authority ⁴  of Moses.

Bilangan 22:18

22:18 Balaam replied ⁵  to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment ⁶  of the Lord my God ⁷  to do less or more.

Bilangan 28:9

Weekly Offerings

28:9 “‘On the Sabbath day, you must offer ⁸  two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah ⁹  of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.

[15:39]  ¹ tn Heb “seek out, look into.”

[15:39]  ² tn This last clause is a relative clause explaining the influence of the human heart and physical sight. It literally says, “which you go whoring after them.” The verb for “whoring” may be interpreted to mean “act unfaithfully.” So, the idea is these influences lead to unfaithful activity: “after which you act unfaithfully.”

[16:40]  ³ tn Heb “from the seed of.”

[16:40]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

[22:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[22:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “mouth.”

[22:18]  ⁷ sn In the light of subsequent events one should not take too seriously that Balaam referred to Yahweh as his God. He is referring properly to the deity for which he is acting as the agent.

[28:9]  ⁸ tn The words “you must offer” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.

[28:9]  ⁹ sn That is, about 4 quarts.