Discovery BoxNumbers 21:15 
Context21:15 and the slope of the valleys 1
that extends to the dwelling of Ar, 2
and falls off at the border of Moab.”
Numbers 21:28
Context21:28 For fire went out from Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It has consumed Ar of Moab
and the lords 3 of the high places of Arnon.
1 tc There are many variations in this text, but the MT reading of something like “the descent of the torrents/valleys” is preferable, since it is describing the topography.
2 sn The place is unknown; it is apparently an important city in the region.
3 tc Some scholars emend to בָּלְעָה (bal’ah), reading “and devoured,” instead of בַּעֲלֵי (ba’aley, “its lords”); cf. NAB, NRSV, TEV. This emendation is closer to the Greek and makes a better parallelism, but the MT makes good sense as it stands.
