Discovery BoxEzekiel 25:9 
Context25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, 1 eliminating the cities, 2 including its frontier cities, 3 the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.
Ezekiel 38:6
Context38:6 They are joined by 4 Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops – many peoples are with you. 5
1 tn Heb “shoulder.”
2 tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).
3 tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”
4 tn The words “they are joined by” are added in the translation for purposes of English style.
5 sn The seven-nation coalition represents the north (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, Beth-Togarmah), the south/west (Ethiopia, Put) and the east (Persia). The use of the sevenfold list suggests completeness. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:441.
