Bilangan 3:14

The Numbering of the Levites

3:14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai:

Bilangan 3:19-20

3:19 The sons of Kohath by their families were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3:20 The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

Bilangan 3:40

The Substitution for the Firstborn

3:40 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take ¹  the number of their names.

Bilangan 4:38

4:38 Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans,

Bilangan 6:1

The Nazirite Vow

6:1 ² Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Bilangan 18:19

18:19 All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt ³  forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you.”

Bilangan 26:14

26:14 These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. ⁴ 

Bilangan 26:18

26:18 These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500. ⁵ 

Bilangan 26:21

26:21 And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, ⁶  the family of the Hamulites.

Bilangan 26:27

26:27 These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500. ⁷ 

Bilangan 26:30

26:30 These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

Bilangan 26:43

26:43 All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400. ⁸ 

Bilangan 26:45

26:45 From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.

Bilangan 26:60

26:60 And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Bilangan 27:11

27:11 and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, ⁹  as the Lord commanded Moses.’”

[3:40]  ¹ tn The verb נָשָׂא (nasa’, “take”) has here the sense of collect, take a census, or register the names.

[6:1]  ² sn This chapter can be divided into five sections: The vow is described in vv. 1-8, then the contingencies for defilement are enumerated in vv. 9-12, then there is a discussion of discharging the vows in vv. 13-20, and then a summary in v. 21; after this is the high priestly blessing (vv. 22-27). For information on the vow, see G. B. Gray, “The Nazirite,” JTS 1 (1899-1900): 201-11; Z. Weisman, “The Biblical Nazirite, Its Types and Roots,” Tarbiz 36 (1967): 207-20; and W. Eichrodt, Theology of the Old Testament (OTL), 1:303-6.

[18:19]  ³ sn Salt was used in all the offerings; its importance as a preservative made it a natural symbol for the covenant which was established by sacrifice. Even general agreements were attested by sacrifice, and the phrase “covenant of salt” speaks of such agreements as binding and irrevocable. Note the expression in Ezra 4:14, “we have been salted with the salt of the palace.” See further J. F. Ross, IDB 4:167.

[26:14]  ⁴ sn Before entering Sinai the tribe numbered 59,300, the third largest. Now it was about one-third its original size.

[26:18]  ⁵ sn The Gadites decreased from 45,650 to 40,500.

[26:21]  ⁶ tc Smr and the Greek version have “Hamuel.”

[26:27]  ⁷ sn The Zebulunites showed a slight increase from 57,400 to 60,500.

[26:43]  ⁸ sn The Danites increased from 62,700 to 64,400.

[27:11]  ⁹ tn The expression is חֻקַּת מִשְׁפָּט (khuqqat mishpat, “a statute of judgment”), which means it is a fixed enactment that determines justice. It is one which is established by God.