Discovery BoxNumbers 13:24 
Context13:24 That place was called 1 the Eshcol Valley, 2 because of the cluster 3 of grapes that the Israelites cut from there.
Numbers 21:20
Context21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness. 4
1 tn The verb is rendered as a passive because there is no expressed subject.
2 tn Or “Wadi Eshcol.” The translation “brook” is too generous; the Hebrew term refers to a river bed, a ravine or valley through which torrents of rain would rush in the rainy season; at other times it might be completely dry.
3 tn The word “Eshcol” is drawn from the Hebrew expression concerning the “cluster of grapes.” The word is probably retained in the name Burj Haskeh, two miles north of Damascus.
4 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon.”
