Bilangan 21:30
Konteks21:30 We have overpowered them; 1
Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon.
We have shattered them as far as Nophah,
which 2 reaches to Medeba.”
Yosua 13:9
Konteks13:9 Their territory started 3 from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon,
[21:30] 1 tc The first verb is difficult. MT has “we shot at them.” The Greek has “their posterity perished” (see GKC 218 §76.f).
[21:30] 2 tc The relative pronoun “which” (אֲשֶׁר, ’asher) posed a problem for the ancient scribes here, as indicated by the so-called extraordinary point (punta extraordinaria) over the letter ר (resh) of אֲשֶׁר. Smr and the LXX have “fire” (אֵשׁ, ’esh) here (cf. NAB, NJB, RSV, NRSV). Some modern scholars emend the word to שֹׁאָה (sho’ah, “devastation”).
[13:9] 3 tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.