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19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wastelands.[a]

The Victory over Sihon and Og

21 [b] Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:20 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon.”
  2. Numbers 21:21 sn For this section, see further J. R. Bartlett, “Sihon and Og of the Amorites,” VT 20 (1970): 257-77, and “The Moabites and the Edomites,” Peoples of Old Testament Times, 229-58; S. H. Horn, “The Excavations at Tell Hesban, 1973,” ADAJ 18 (1973): 87-88.
  3. Numbers 21:21 tc Smr and the LXX have “words of peace.”