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Numbers 21:15-17
New English Translation
Numbers 21:15-17
New English Translation
15 and the slope of the valleys[a]
that extends to the dwelling of Ar,[b]
and falls off at the border of Moab.”
16 And from there they traveled[c] to Beer;[d] that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, “Gather the people and I will give them water.” 17 Then Israel sang[e] this song:
“Spring up, O well, sing to it!
Footnotes
- Numbers 21:15 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.
- Numbers 21:15 sn The place is unknown; it is apparently an important city in the region.
- Numbers 21:16 tn The words “they traveled” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied here because of English style. The same phrase is supplied at the end of v. 18.
- Numbers 21:16 sn Isa 15:8 mentions a Moabite Beerelim, which Simons suggests is Wadi Ettemed.
- Numbers 21:17 tn After the adverb “then” the prefixed conjugation has the preterite force. For the archaic constructions, see D. N. Freedman, “Archaic Forms in Early Hebrew Poetry,” ZAW 72 (1960): 101-7. The poem shows all the marks of being ancient.
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