Bilangan 14:27

14:27 “How long must I bear ¹  with this evil congregation ²  that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

Bilangan 16:32

16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.

Bilangan 18:10

18:10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.

Bilangan 22:17

22:17 For I will honor you greatly, ³  and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”

Bilangan 22:19

22:19 Now therefore, please stay ⁴  the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me.” ⁵ 

Bilangan 32:24

32:24 So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said ⁶  you would do.”

Bilangan 35:20

35:20 “But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally ⁷  so that he dies,

[14:27]  ¹ tn The figure is aposiopesis, or sudden silence. The main verb is deleted from the line, “how long…this evil community.” The intensity of the emotion is the reason for the ellipsis.

[14:27]  ² sn It is worth mentioning in passing that this is one of the Rabbinic proof texts for having at least ten men to form a congregation and have prayer. If God called ten men (the bad spies) a “congregation,” then a congregation must have ten men. But here the word “community/congregation” refers in this context to the people of Israel as a whole, not just to the ten spies.

[22:17]  ³ tn The construction uses the Piel infinitive כַּבֵּד (kabbed) to intensify the verb, which is the Piel imperfect/cohortative אֲכַבֶּדְךָ (’akhabbedkha). The great honor could have been wealth, prestige, or position.

[22:19]  ⁴ tn In this case “lodge” is not used, but “remain, reside” (שְׁבוּ, shÿvu).

[22:19]  ⁵ tn This clause is also a verbal hendiadys: “what the Lord might add to speak,” meaning, “what more the Lord might say.”

[32:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “that which goes out/has gone out of your mouth.”

[35:20]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text is more vivid: “by lying in wait.”