Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ² 

Numbers 13:29

13:29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks ³  of the Jordan.” ⁴ 

Numbers 13:2

13:2 “Send out men to investigate ⁵  the land of Canaan, which I am giving ⁶  to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, ⁷  each one a leader among them.”

Numbers 24:16

24:16 the oracle of the one who hears the words of God,

and who knows the knowledge of the Most High,

who sees a vision from the Almighty,

although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

³ tn Heb “by the side [hand] of.”

⁴ sn For more discussion on these people groups, see D. J. Wiseman, ed., Peoples of Old Testament Times.

⁵ tn The imperfect tense with the conjunction is here subordinated to the preceding imperative to form the purpose clause. It can thus be translated “send…to investigate.”

⁶ tn The participle here should be given a future interpretation, meaning “which I am about to give” or “which I am going to give.”

⁷ tn Heb “one man one man of the tribe of his fathers.”