Bilangan 21:33

21:33 Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces ¹  marched out against them to do battle at Edrei.

Bilangan 24:20

Balaam’s Final Prophecies

24:20 Then Balaam ²  looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: ³ 

“Amalek was the first ⁴  of the nations,

but his end will be that he will perish.”

Bilangan 34:4

34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ⁵  continue to Zin, and then its direction ⁶  will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

¹ tn Heb “people.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and he lifted up his oracle and said.” So also in vv. 21, 23.

⁴ sn This probably means that it held first place, or it thought that it was “the first of the nations.” It was not the first, either in order or greatness.

⁵ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

⁶ tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.