Text -- Numbers 24:6 (NET)

24:6 They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river’s side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 24:6

¹ tn Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”

² tn Or “rows of palms.”

³ sn The language seems to be more poetic than precise. N. H. Snaith notes that cedars do not grow beside water; he also connects “aloes” to the eaglewood that is more exotic, and capable of giving off an aroma (Leviticus and Numbers [NCB], 298).