Bilangan 8:11

8:11 and Aaron is to offer ¹  the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work ²  of the Lord.

Bilangan 8:20

8:20 So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, this is what the Israelites did with them.

Bilangan 16:22

16:22 Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ³  and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all people, ⁴  will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?” ⁵ 

Bilangan 21:35

21:35 So they defeated Og, ⁶  his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, ⁷  and they possessed his land.

Bilangan 25:6

25:6 Just then ⁸  one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers ⁹  a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of ¹⁰  the whole community of the Israelites, while they ¹¹  were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Bilangan 32:15

32:15 For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon ¹²  them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.” ¹³ 

Bilangan 33:52

33:52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, ¹⁴  and demolish their high places.

[8:11]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text actually has “wave the Levites as a wave offering.” The wave offering was part of the ritual of the peace offering and indicated the priest’s portion being presented to God in a lifted, waving motion for all to see. The Levites were going to be in the sanctuary to serve the Lord and assist the priests. It is unclear how Moses would have presented them as wave offerings, but the intent is that they would be living sacrifices, as Paul would later say in Rom 12:1 for all Christians.

[8:11]  ² tn The construction emphasizes the spiritual service of the Levites, using the infinitive construct of עָבַד (’avad) followed by its cognate accusative.

[16:22]  ³ sn It is Moses and Aaron who prostrate themselves; they have the good of the people at heart.

[16:22]  ⁴ tn The expression “the God of the spirits of all humanity [flesh]” is somewhat difficult. The Hebrew text says אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת לְכָל־בָּשָׂר (’elohey harukhot lÿkhol-basar). This expression occurs in Num 27:16 again. It also occurs in some postbiblical texts, a fact which has prompted some scholars to conclude that it is a late addition. The words clearly show that Moses is interceding for the congregation. The appeal in the verse is that it is better for one man to die for the whole nation than the whole nation for one man (see also John 11:50).

[16:22]  ⁵ tn The verb is the Qal imperfect יֶחֱטָא (yekheta’); it refers to the sinful rebellion of Korah, but Moses is stating something of a principle: “One man sins, and will you be angry….” A past tense translation would assume that this is a preterite use of the imperfect (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[21:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Og) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “no remnant.”

[25:6]  ⁸ tn The verse begins with the deictic particle וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh), pointing out the action that was taking place. It stresses the immediacy of the action to the reader.

[25:6]  ⁹ tn Or “to his family”; or “to his clan.”

[25:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of.”

[25:6]  ¹¹ tn The vav (ו) at the beginning of the clause is a disjunctive because it is prefixed to the nonverbal form. In this context it is best interpreted as a circumstantial clause, stressing that this happened “while” people were weeping over the sin.

[32:15]  ¹² tn The construction uses a verbal hendiadys with the verb “to add” serving to modify the main verb.

[32:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “and you will destroy all this people.”

[33:52]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text repeats the verb “you will destroy.”