Numbers

Chatzotzerot are trumpets. Miqshah is hammered work, as with the lampstand. Miqra ha-edah is the calling of the congregation.

Teru’ah is a blast, a shout on the trumpet, not the plain blowing of verse 7. Qedmah is the east.

Chuqqat olam is a lasting statute, as in Exodus.

Masseihem are their stages, the legs of the journey.

The Kohathites carry the sanctuary. The dwelling is set up so that it is standing when they come. The line does not name who sets it up. Gershon and Merari have already set out with it.

Me’assef is the one who gathers the rear, the guard at the back of the march.

Choten is the father-in-law. The line calls Hobab both son of Reuel and Moses’ father-in-law. The English does not decide which man holds which place beyond those words.

Aron berit Yahweh is the chest of the covenant of Yahweh. Menuchah is a resting place.

An inverted nun stands in this copy before verse 35 and after verse 36. The marks bracket these two sayings. They do not change the words. The words are printed.

Rivvot alfei Yisrael is “the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.” The number is not converted into a single total.