Bilangan 11:13

11:13 From where shall I get ¹  meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat!’ ² 

Bilangan 23:23

23:23 For there is no spell against ³  Jacob,

nor is there any divination against Israel.

At this time ⁴  it must be said ⁵  of Jacob

and of Israel, ‘Look at ⁶  what God has done!’

Bilangan 36:7

36:7 In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred ⁷  from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

[11:13]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text simply has “from where to me flesh?” which means “from where will I have meat?”

[11:13]  ² tn The cohortative coming after the imperative stresses purpose (it is an indirect volitive).

[23:23]  ³ tn Or “in Jacob.” But given the context the meaning “against” is preferable. The words describe two techniques of consulting God; the first has to do with observing omens in general (“enchantments”), and the second with casting lots or arrows of the like (“divinations” [Ezek 21:26]). See N. H. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers (NCB), 295-96.

[23:23]  ⁴ tn The form is the preposition “like, as” and the word for “time” – according to the time, about this time, now.

[23:23]  ⁵ tn The Niphal imperfect here carries the nuance of obligation – one has to say in amazement that God has done something marvelous or “it must be said.”

[23:23]  ⁶ tn The words “look at” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[36:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “turned aside.”