Numbers 21:22-24 New English Translation
22 “Let us[a] pass through your land;[b] we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.” 23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he[c] gathered all his forces[d] together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When[e] he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. 24 But the Israelites[f] defeated him in battle[g] and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.
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- Numbers 21:22 tn The Hebrew text uses the singular in these verses to match the reference to “Israel.”
- Numbers 21:22 tc Smr has “by the King’s way I will go. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.”
- Numbers 21:23 tn Heb “Sihon.”
- Numbers 21:23 tn Heb “people.”
- Numbers 21:23 tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.
- Numbers 21:24 tn The Hebrew text has “Israel,” but the verb is plural.
- Numbers 21:24 tn Heb “with the edge of the sword.”
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