Discovery BoxNumbers 14:12 
Context14:12 I will strike them with the pestilence, 1 and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”
Numbers 22:17
Context22:17 For I will honor you greatly, 2 and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”
Numbers 22:41
Context22:41 Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. 3 From there he saw the extent of the nation.
1 tc The Greek version has “death.”
2 tn The construction uses the Piel infinitive כַּבֵּד (kabbed) to intensify the verb, which is the Piel imperfect/cohortative אֲכַבֶּדְךָ (’akhabbedkha). The great honor could have been wealth, prestige, or position.
3 sn The name Bamoth Baal means “the high places of Baal.”
