OET interlinear NUM 1:53

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָ⁠עֵדֻ֔ת & מִשְׁכַּ֥ן הָ⁠עֵדֽוּת

(to)_the,tabernacle_of of,the_testimony & tabernacle_of of,the_testimony

See how you translated this phrase in [1:50](../01/50.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה קֶ֔צֶף עַל־עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

and=not will_belong severe_anger on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in community_of sons_of Yisrael

Here, Yahweh is speaking as if wrath were actually an object that could be placed on people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the congregation of the sons of Israel will not experience wrath]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ⁠לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה קֶ֔צֶף

and=not will_belong severe_anger

The word and introduces the result of obeying the instructions stated in the previous clause. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a result of what came before. Alternate translation: [which will result in wrath not being]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה קֶ֔צֶף

and=not will_belong severe_anger

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wrath, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and Yahweh will not be wrathful]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

community_of sons_of Yisrael

Yahweh is using the possessive form to describe a congregation that is characterized by being the sons of Israel. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. See how you translated this phrase in [1:2](../01/02.md). Alternate translation: [the congregation, that is, the sons of Israel]

Note 6 topic: writing-poetry

וְ⁠שָׁמְרוּ֙ הַ⁠לְוִיִּ֔ם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת

and,they_will_keep the,Levites DOM duty_of

God is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of saying this. Alternate translation: [The Levites shall carefully keep] or [The Levites must be fully responsible for keeping]