Bilangan 19:16
Konteks19:16 And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, 1 or the body of someone who died of natural causes, 2 or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days. 3
Bilangan 20:1
Konteks20:1 4 Then the entire community of Israel 5 entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, 6 and the people stayed in Kadesh. 7 Miriam died and was buried there. 8
[19:16] 1 tn The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ’al pÿne hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.
[19:16] 2 tn Heb “a dead body”; but in contrast to the person killed with a sword, this must refer to someone who died of natural causes.
[19:16] 3 sn See Matt 23:27 and Acts 23:3 for application of this by the time of Jesus.
[20:1] 4 sn This chapter is the account of how Moses struck the rock in disobedience to the
[20:1] 5 tn The Hebrew text stresses this idea by use of apposition: “the Israelites entered, the entire community, the wilderness.”
[20:1] 6 sn The text does not indicate here what year this was, but from comparing the other passages about the itinerary, this is probably the end of the wanderings, the fortieth year, for Aaron died some forty years after the exodus. So in that year the people come through the wilderness of Zin and prepare for a journey through the Moabite plains.
[20:1] 7 sn The Israelites stayed in Kadesh for some time during the wandering; here the stop at Kadesh Barnea may have lasted several months. See the commentaries for the general itinerary.
[20:1] 8 sn The death of Miriam is recorded without any qualifications or epitaph. In her older age she had been self-willed and rebellious, and so no doubt humbled by the vivid rebuke from God. But she had made her contribution from the beginning.