Bilangan 5:23

5:23 “‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. ¹ 

Bilangan 6:25

6:25 The Lord make his face to shine upon you,

and be gracious to you; ² 

Bilangan 33:2

33:2 Moses recorded their departures ³  according to their journeys, by the commandment ⁴  of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.

[5:23]  ¹ sn The words written on the scroll were written with a combination of ingredients mixed into an ink. The idea is probably that they would have been washed or flaked off into the water, so that she drank the words of the curse – it became a part of her being.

[6:25]  ² tn Whereas the first line of the blessing had three Hebrew words, the second has five, and the third has seven. In this second line and the following third, the blessing takes the form of an emblem followed by the truth. For the Lord to make his face shine on them would mean to be gracious to them. M. Noth rightly calls this image of the shining face “a figure of speech for benevolence and favour” (Numbers [OTL], 59); see, for example, Pss 4:7; 31:17; 44:4; 67:2; 80:4, 8, 20; 119:135; Dan 9:17). The image may have its inspiration in the theophanies. The picture is of divine favor – the beaming face of a parent for his beloved.

[33:2]  ³ tn Heb “their goings out.”

[33:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “mouth.”