Commentaries on the Pentateuch: Numbers (Biblia.com)

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The Lord desires a people who will embrace their responsibilities. The history of Israel in the wilderness is a sad narrative of people with hearts hardened by complaint and rebellion to God’s ordained authorities. They were slaves, not an army. They would recognize the tyranny of Pharaoh but disregard the servant-leadership of Moses. God would judge the generation he led out of captivity, while...

vow had to be made again with a new shaving and dedication. His hair this time had to be burned according to Hebrew practice. A sacrifice had to be made to renew the vow, two doves or pigeons (cf. Lev. 12:8; cf. Luke 2:24; Lev. 14:22). A guilt offering, a lamb, had to be brought also (vv. 10–12). One dove was a sin offering, the other a whole offering. The sin offering was to restore communion with God because of the inadvertent violation of the vow, and the whole offering set forth total dedication

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