Bilangan 1:53

1:53 But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the Lord’s anger ¹  will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care ²  of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

Bilangan 2:17

The Tribe in the Center

2:17 “Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place ³  under his standard.

Bilangan 2:34

2:34 So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way ⁴  they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

Bilangan 9:17

9:17 Whenever the cloud was taken up ⁵  from the tabernacle, then after that the Israelites would begin their journey; and in whatever place ⁶  the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp.

Bilangan 9:20

9:20 When ⁷  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ⁸  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ⁹  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

Bilangan 21:13

21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions ¹⁰  of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Bilangan 33:8-9

33:8 They traveled from Pi-hahiroth, ¹¹  and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah. 33:9 They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.

[1:53]  ¹ tc Instead of “wrath” the Greek text has “sin,” focusing the emphasis on the human error and not on the wrath of God. This may have been a conscious change to explain the divine wrath.

[1:53]  tn Heb “so that there be no wrath on.” In context this is clearly the divine anger, so “the Lord’s” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[1:53]  ² tn The main verb of the clause is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive, וְשָׁמְרוּ (vÿshamÿru) meaning they “shall guard, protect, watch over, care for.” It may carry the same obligatory nuance as the preceding verbs because of the sequence. The object used with this is the cognate noun מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmeret): “The Levites must care for the care of the tabernacle.” The cognate intensifies the construction to stress that they are responsible for this care.

[2:17]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression is עַל־יָדוֹ (’al-yado, “upon his hand”). This clearly refers to a specifically designated place for each man.

[2:34]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word is כֵּן (ken, “thus, so”).

[9:17]  ⁵ tn The verb in this initial temporal clause is the Niphal infinitive construct.

[9:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the place where it settled there”; the relative clause modifies the noun “place,” and the resumptive adverb completes the related idea – “which it settled there” means “where it settled.”

[9:20]  ⁷ tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (vÿyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”

[9:20]  ⁸ tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.

[9:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”

[21:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “border.”

[33:8]  ¹¹ tc So many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, Syriac, and Latin Vulgate. Other witnesses have “from before Hahiroth.”