Numbers 23:9
ContextNETBible | For from the top of the rocks I see them; 1 from the hills I watch them. 2 Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned 3 among the nations. |
XREF | Ex 19:5,6; Ex 33:16; De 32:8; De 33:28; Ezr 9:2; Es 3:8; Jer 46:28; Am 9:9; Ro 15:8-10; 2Co 6:17; Eph 2:12-14; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “him,” but here it refers to the Israelites (Israel). 2 sn Balaam reports his observation of the nation of Israel spread out below him in the valley. Based on that vision, and the 3 tn The verb could also be taken as a reflexive – Israel does not consider itself as among the nations, meaning, they consider themselves to be unique. |