Numbers 24:6

24:6 They are like ¹  valleys ²  stretched forth,

like gardens by the river’s side,

like aloes ³  that the Lord has planted,

and like cedar trees beside the waters.

Numbers 11:7

11:7 (Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.

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¹ tn Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”

² tn Or “rows of palms.”

³ sn The language seems to be more poetic than precise. N. H. Snaith notes that cedars do not grow beside water; he also connects “aloes” to the eaglewood that is more exotic, and capable of giving off an aroma (Leviticus and Numbers [NCB], 298).