Bilangan 18:32

18:32 And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.’” ¹ 

Bilangan 22:37

22:37 Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again ²  to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?” ³ 

Bilangan 23:19

23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie,

nor a human being, ⁴  that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen? ⁵ 

Bilangan 35:23

35:23 or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

[18:32]  ¹ tn The final clause could also be rendered “in order that you do not die.” The larger section can also be interpreted differently; rather than take it as a warning, it could be taken as an assurance that when they do all of this they will not be profaning it and so will not die (R. K. Harrison, Numbers [WEC], 253).

[22:37]  ² tn The emphatic construction is made of the infinitive absolute and the perfect tense from the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “to send”). The idea must be more intense than something like, “Did I not certainly send.” Balak is showing frustration with Balaam for refusing him.

[22:37]  ³ sn Balak again refers to his ability to “honor” the seer. This certainly meant payment for his service, usually gold ornaments, rings and jewelry, as well as some animals.

[23:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “son of man.”

[23:19]  ⁵ tn The verb is the Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “to cause to rise; to make stand”). The meaning here is more of the sense of fulfilling the promises made.