Bilangan 5:13
Konteks5:13 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 13:31
Konteks13:31 But the men 5 who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”
Bilangan 24:7
Konteks24:7 He will pour the water out of his buckets, 6
and their descendants will be like abundant 7 water; 8
their king will be greater than Agag, 9
and their kingdom will be exalted.
[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.
[13:31] 5 tn The vav (ו) disjunctive on the noun at the beginning of the clause forms a strong adversative clause here.
[24:7] 6 tc For this colon the LXX has “a man shall come out of his seed.” Cf. the Syriac Peshitta and Targum.
[24:7] 8 sn These two lines are difficult, but the general sense is that of irrigation buckets and a well-watered land. The point is that Israel will be prosperous and fruitful.
[24:7] 9 sn Many commentators see this as a reference to Agag of 1 Sam 15:32-33, the Amalekite king slain by Samuel, for that is the one we know. But that is by no means clear, for this text does not identify this Agag. If it is that king, then this poem, or this line in this poem, would have to be later, unless one were to try to argue for a specific prophecy. Whoever this Agag is, he is a symbol of power.
