23:14 So Balak brought Balaam 1 to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, 2 where 3 he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
34:1 Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. 7 The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan,
1 tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”
3 tn Heb “and he built.”
4 tn Heb “lift your eyes to the west, north, south, and east and see with your eyes.” The translation omits the repetition of “your eyes” for stylistic reasons.
5 sn The sea of the Arabah refers to the Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in OT times (cf. Deut 3:17).
6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ashdot) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or “watershed” (NEB).
7 sn For the geography involved, see note on the term “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.