Numbers 21:22

21:22 “Let us ¹  pass through your land; ²  we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”

Numbers 34:4

34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ³  continue to Zin, and then its direction ⁴  will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the singular in these verses to match the reference to “Israel.”

² tc Smr has “by the King’s way I will go. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.”

³ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

⁴ tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.