Bilangan 7:12

The Tribal Offerings

7:12 The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah. ¹ 

Bilangan 9:6

9:6 It happened that some men ²  who were ceremonially defiled ³  by the dead body of a man ⁴  could not keep ⁵  the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Bilangan 14:24

14:24 Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully – I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants ⁶  will possess it.

Bilangan 27:21

27:21 And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who ⁷  will seek counsel ⁸  for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. ⁹  At his command ¹⁰  they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”

[7:12]  ¹ sn The tribe of Judah is listed first. It seems that it had already achieved a place of prominence based on the patriarchal promise of the Messiahship in Judah (Gen 49:10).

[9:6]  ² tn In the Hebrew text the noun has no definite article, and so it signifies “some” or “certain” men.

[9:6]  ³ tn The meaning, of course, is to be ceremonially unclean, and therefore disqualified from entering the sanctuary.

[9:6]  ⁴ tn Or “a human corpse” (so NAB, NKJV). So also in v.7; cf. v. 10.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn This clause begins with the vav (ו) conjunction and negative before the perfect tense. Here is the main verb of the sentence: They were not able to observe the Passover. The first part of the verse provides the explanation for their problem.

[14:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “seed.”

[27:21]  ⁷ tn The passage simply has “and he will ask,” but Eleazar is clearly the subject now.

[27:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “ask.”

[27:21]  ⁹ sn The new leader would not have the privilege that Moses had in speaking to God face to face. Rather, he would have to inquire of the Lord through the priest, and the priest would seek a decision by means of the Urim. The Urim and the Thummim were the sacred lots that the priest had in his pouch, the “breastplate” as it has traditionally been called. Since the Law had now been fully established, there would be fewer cases that the leader would need further rulings. Now it would simply be seeking the Lord’s word for matters such as whether to advance or not. The size, shape or substance of these objects is uncertain. See further C. Van Dam, The Urim and Thummim.

[27:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “mouth,” meaning what he will say.