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Numbers 9:20
New English Translation
Numbers 9:20
New English Translation
20 When[a] the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days,[b] they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment,[c] and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.
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- Numbers 9:20 tn The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (veyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”
- Numbers 9:20 tn The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.
- Numbers 9:20 tn Heb “mouth of the Lord.”
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