21:36 1 from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,
21:37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;
Numbers 21:23
21:23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he 2 gathered all his forces 3 together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When 4 he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
1 tc21:36-37 are accidentally omitted from a number of significant Hebrew mss. They are, however, found in some Hebrew mss, the LXX and Vulgate.
2 tnHeb “Sihon.”
3 tnHeb “people.”
4 tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.