¹sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).
²tn Heb “hand.”
³tn Heb “their goings out.”
⁴tn Heb “mouth.”
⁵tn Heb “morrow.”
⁶tn Heb “with a high hand”; the expression means “defiantly; boldly” or “with confidence.” The phrase is usually used for arrogant sin and pride, the defiant fist, as it were. The image of the high hand can also mean the hand raised to deliver the blow (Job 38:15).
⁷tn Heb “eyes.”
⁸tc So many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, SP, Syriac, and Latin Vulgate. Other witnesses have “from before Hahiroth.”
⁹tn Heb “mouth.”
¹⁰tn Iim is a shortened form of the name Iye-abarim mentioned in v. 44.
¹¹tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
¹²map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
¹³map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
¹⁴tn The Hebrew text repeats the verb “you will destroy.”
¹⁵tn Heb “of your fathers.”