Bilangan 9:2

9:2 “The Israelites are to observe ¹  the Passover ²  at its appointed time. ³ 

Bilangan 14:39

14:39 When Moses told ⁴  these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned ⁵  greatly.

Bilangan 16:8

16:8 Moses said to Korah, “Listen now, you sons of Levi!

Bilangan 26:51

Total Number and Division of the Land

26:51 These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730. ⁶ 

Bilangan 32:18

32:18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

[9:2]  ¹ tn The verb is simply “to do; to make” (עָשָׂה [’asah] in the jussive). It must have the idea here of “to perform; to keep; to observe” the ritual of the Passover.

[9:2]  ² sn For a detailed study note on the Passover, see the discussion with the original institution in Exod 12. The word פֶּסַח (pesakh) – here in pause and with the article – has become the technical name for the spring festival of Israel. In Exod 12 the name is explained by the use of the verb “to pass over” (עָבַר, ’avar), indicating that the angel of death would pass over the house with the blood applied. Many scholarly attempts have been made to supply the etymology of the word, but none has been compelling enough to be accepted by a large number of biblical scholars. For general literature on the Passover, see J. B. Segal, The Hebrew Passover, as well as the Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias.

[9:2]  ³ tc The Greek text uses a plural here but the singular in vv. 7 and 13; the Smr uses the plural in all three places.

[14:39]  ⁴ tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.

[14:39]  ⁵ tn The word אָבַל (’aval) is rare, used mostly for mourning over deaths, but it is used here of mourning over bad news (see also Exod 33:4; 1 Sam 15:35; 16:1; etc.).

[26:51]  ⁶ sn This number shows only a slightly smaller total in the second census; the first was 603,550.