Bilangan 9:10

9:10 “Tell the Israelites, ‘If any ¹  of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may ²  observe the Passover to the Lord.

Bilangan 17:2

17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, ³  one from every tribal leader, ⁴  twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

Bilangan 17:6

17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, ⁵  according to their tribes ⁶  – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.

Bilangan 18:26

18:26 “You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them, ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up ⁷  from it as a raised offering to the Lord a tenth of the tithe.

Bilangan 22:30

22:30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted ⁸  to treat you this way?” ⁹  And he said, “No.”

[9:10]  ¹ tn This sense is conveyed by the repetition of “man” – “if a man, a man becomes unclean.”

[9:10]  ² tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive functions as the equivalent of an imperfect tense. In the apodosis of this conditional sentence, the permission nuance fits well.

[17:2]  ³ tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”

[17:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”

[17:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”

[17:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[18:26]  ⁷ tn The verb in this clause is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive; it has the same force as an imperfect of instruction: “when…then you are to offer up.”

[22:30]  ⁸ tn Here the Hiphil perfect is preceded by the Hiphil infinitive absolute for emphasis in the sentence.

[22:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “to do thus to you.”