complete verse (Numbers 16:42)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 16:42:

  • Kupsabiny: “When those people had gathered around Moses and Aaron to oppose (them), they turned their backs to those people to look at the Tent of God. Then they saw a cloud envelope that Tent and the light of God appeared.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The community had gathered against Moses and Aaron, and when they looked towards the Tent of Meeting, suddenly it was covered by a cloud, and the glory of the LORD appeared.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “While they were-complaining together-as-group to Moises and to Aaron, they turned-back to the Meeting-Together-Place Tent and they saw that the Tent was- suddenly -engulfed with the cloud and the LORD showed his mighty presence.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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