Bilangan 5:13

5:13 and a man has sexual relations ¹  with her ²  without her husband knowing it, ³  and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since ⁴  there was no witness against her, nor was she caught –

Bilangan 5:28

5:28 But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects ⁵  and will be able to bear children.

Bilangan 15:31

15:31 Because he has despised ⁶  the word of the Lord and has broken ⁷  his commandment, that person ⁸  must be completely cut off. ⁹  His iniquity will be on him.’” ¹⁰ 

Bilangan 31:26

31:26 “You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum ¹¹  of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

Bilangan 32:30

32:30 But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”

[5:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and a man lies with her with the emission of semen.” This makes it clear that there was adultery involved, so that the going astray is going astray morally. The indication in the text is that if she had never behaved suspiciously the sin might not have been detected.

[5:13]  ² tc The sign of the accusative אֹתָהּ (’otah) is probably to be repointed to the preposition with the suffix, אִתָּהּ (’ittah).

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “and it is concealed from the eyes of her husband.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn The noun clause beginning with the simple conjunction is here a circumstantial clause, explaining that there was no witness to the sin.

[5:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “will be free”; the words “of ill effects” have been supplied as a clarification.

[15:31]  ⁶ tn The verb בָּזָה (bazah, “to despise”) means to treat something as worthless, to treat it with contempt, to look down the nose at something as it were.

[15:31]  ⁷ tn The verb פָּרַר (parar, “to break”) can mean to nullify, break, or violate a covenant.

[15:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “soul.”

[15:31]  ⁹ tn The construction uses the Niphal imperfect with the modifying Niphal infinitive absolute. The infinitive makes the sentence more emphatic. If the imperfect tense is taken as an instruction imperfect, then the infinitive makes the instruction more binding. If it is a simple future, then the future is certain. In either case, there is no exclusion from being cut off.

[15:31]  ¹⁰ sn The point is that the person’s iniquity remains with him – he must pay for his sin. The judgment of God in such a case is both appropriate and unavoidable.

[31:26]  ¹¹ tn The idiom here is “take up the head,” meaning take a census, or count the totals.