Bilangan 5:9-10

5:9 Every offering ¹  of all the Israelites’ holy things that they bring to the priest will be his. 5:10 Every man’s holy things ²  will be his; whatever any man gives the priest will be his.’”

Bilangan 7:2

7:2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, ³  made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising ⁴  the numbering.

Bilangan 27:16

27:16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, ⁵  appoint ⁶  a man over the community,

[5:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word תְּרוּמָה (tÿrumah) seems to be a general word for any offering that goes to the priests (see J. Milgrom, Studies in Cultic Theology and Terminology [SJLA 36], 159-72).

[5:10]  ² sn The “holy gifts” are described with the root of קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh) to convey that they were separate. Such things had been taken out of the ordinary and normal activities of life.

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn The form is the Qal active participle from the verb “to stand” (עָמַד, ’amad). The form describes these leaders as “the ones standing over [the ones numbered].” The expression, along with the clear indication of the first census in chapter 1, shows that this was a supervisory capacity.

[27:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “flesh”; cf. NAB, NIV “all mankind”; NCV “all people”; NLT “all living things.”

[27:16]  ⁶ tn This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” the people.