Numbers 20:28

20:28 And Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

Numbers 23:9

23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see them; ¹ 

from the hills I watch them. ² 

Indeed, a nation that lives alone,

and it will not be reckoned ³  among the nations.

Numbers 23:14

23:14 So Balak brought Balaam ⁴  to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, ⁵  where ⁶  he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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¹ tn Heb “him,” but here it refers to the Israelites (Israel).

² sn Balaam reports his observation of the nation of Israel spread out below him in the valley. Based on that vision, and the Lord’s word, he announces the uniqueness of Israel – they are not just like one of the other nations. He was correct, of course; they were the only people linked with the living God by covenant.

³ tn The verb could also be taken as a reflexive – Israel does not consider itself as among the nations, meaning, they consider themselves to be unique.

⁴ tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he built.”