Numbers 9:7-9
7And those men said to Moses, ▼▼tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
“We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?” 8So Moses said to them, “Remain ▼▼tn The verb is simply “stand,” but in the more general sense of waiting to hear the answer.
here and I will hear ▼▼tn The cohortative may be subordinated to the imperative: “stand…[that I] may hear.”
what the Lord will command concerning you.” 9 The Lord spoke to Moses:
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