Bilangan 14:17

14:17 So now, let the power of my Lord ¹  be great, just as you have said,

Bilangan 16:29

16:29 If these men die a natural death, ²  or if they share the fate ³  of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

Bilangan 22:14

22:14 So the princes of Moab departed ⁴  and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Bilangan 27:17

27:17 who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, ⁵  and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that ⁶  the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

[14:17]  ¹ tc The form in the text is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay), the word that is usually used in place of the tetragrammaton. It is the plural form with the pronominal suffix, and so must refer to God.

[16:29]  ² tn Heb “if like the death of every man they die.”

[16:29]  ³ tn The noun is פְּקֻדָּה (pÿquddah, “appointment, visitation”). The expression refers to a natural death, parallel to the first expression.

[22:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “rose up.”

[27:17]  ⁵ sn This is probably technical terminology for a military leader (Josh 14:11; 1 Sam 18:13-16; 1 Kgs 3:7; 2 Kgs 11:9). The image of a shepherd can also be military in nature (1 Kgs 22:17).

[27:17]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has the conjunction with the negated imperfect tense, “and it will not be.” This clause should be subordinated to the preceding to form a result clause, and the imperfect then function as a final imperfect.