Numbers 20:19
20:19 Then the Israelites said to him, “We will go along the highway, and if we 1 or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”
Numbers 21:23
21:23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he 2 gathered all his forces 3 together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When 4 he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
Numbers 34:4
34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, 5 continue to Zin, and then its direction 6 will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.
1 tn The Hebrew text uses singular pronouns, “I” and “my,” but it is the people of Israel that are intended, and so it may be rendered in the plural. Similarly, Edom speaks in the first person, probably from the king. But it too could be rendered “we.”
2 tn Heb “Sihon.”
3 tn Heb “people.”
4 tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.
5 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
6 tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.