translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: NUM

label: NET textual note

text: The MT has also “saying.”


label: NET translator note

text: Heb “house of their fathers.”


text: Heb “everyone who goes out in the army in Israel.”


text: The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in v. 62 ).


text: For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2 ; Map6-E1 ; Map7-E1 ; Map8-E3 ; Map10-A2 ; Map11-A1 .


text: “Number the people” is added here to the text for a smooth reading.


text: The Hebrew text has no preposition here, but one has been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 23, 30, 31, 32 .


text: The MT has “and the sons of Pallu.”


text: Or “company” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); Heb “congregation.”


text: This is “Zohar” in Exod 6:15 and Gen 46:10 .


text: The MT of Gen 46:16 reads this as “Ezbon.”


text: The Greek version and Smr have “Ad[d]i,” probably by confusion of letters.


text: Gen 46:16 and the LXX here read “Arodi.”


text: Smr and the Greek version have “Hamuel.”


text: With the exception of a few manuscripts the MT has Shephupham . The spelling in the translation above is supported by Smr and the ancient versions.


text: The LXX has Adar . Cf. 1 Chr 8:3 .


text: “From Ard” is not in the Hebrew text.


text: Also mentioned in 1 Chr 7:30 .


text: Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”


text: Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”


text: Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.


text: Heb “divided.”


text: Heb “who she bore him to Levi.” The verb has no expressed subject. Either one could be supplied, such as “her mother,” or it could be treated as a passive.


text: The expression אֵשׁ זָרָה (’ esh zarah , “strange fire”) seems imprecise and has been interpreted numerous ways (see the helpful summary in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC 4], 132-33). The infraction may have involved any of the following or a combination thereof: (1) using coals from some place other than the burnt offering altar (i.e., “unauthorized coals” according to J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:598; cf. Lev 16:12 and cf. “unauthorized person” [ אִישׁ זָר , ’ ish zar ] in Num 16:40 [ 17:5 HT], NASB “layman”), (2) using the wrong kind of incense (cf. the Exod 30:9 regulation against “strange incense” [ קְטֹרֶת זָרָה , qÿtoret zarah ] on the incense altar and the possible connection to Exod 30:34-38 ), (3) performing an incense offering at an unprescribed time (B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 59), or (4) entering the Holy of Holies at an inappropriate time ( Lev 16:1-2 ). sn This event is narrated in Lev 10:1-7 .


text: “who had been” is added to clarify the text.