Deuteronomy 2:28

2:28 Sell me food for cash ¹  so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. ²  Just allow me to go through on foot,

Deuteronomy 4:11

4:11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it ³  and yet dark with a thick cloud. ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 33:24

Blessing on Asher

33:24 Of Asher he said:

Asher is blessed with children,

may he be favored by his brothers

and may he dip his foot in olive oil. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “silver.”

² tn Heb “and water for silver give to me so that I may drink.”

³ tn Heb “a mountain burning with fire as far as the heart of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁴ tn Heb “darkness, cloud, and heavy cloud.”

⁵ sn Dip his foot in olive oil. This is a metaphor for prosperity, one especially apt in light of the abundance of olive groves in the area settled by Asher. The Hebrew term refers to olive oil, which symbolizes blessing in the OT. See R. Way, NIDOTTE 4:171-73.