Bilangan 5:22

5:22 and this water that causes the curse will go ¹  into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” ²  Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.” ³ 

Bilangan 8:10

8:10 Then you are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on the Levites; ⁴ 

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 19:5

19:5 Then the heifer must be burned ⁵  in his sight – its skin, its flesh, its blood, and its offal is to be burned. ⁶ 

Bilangan 28:4

28:4 The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon, ⁷ 

[5:22]  ¹ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.

[5:22]  ² tn Heb “fall away.”

[5:22]  ³ tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.

[8:10]  ⁴ sn The consecration ceremony was to be done in full view of the assembled people. In all probability the laying on of the hands was done through representatives of the tribes, and not all the people. This ritual of the imposition of hands showed that the people were taking part in the consecration, and that the Levites represented them in the service of the Lord.

[19:5]  ⁵ tn Again, the verb has no expressed subject, and so is given a passive translation.

[19:5]  ⁶ tn The imperfect tense is third masculine singular, and so again the verb is to be made passive.

[28:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “between the evenings” meaning between dusk and dark.