24:6 They are like 1 valleys 2 stretched forth,
like gardens by the river’s side,
like aloes 3 that the Lord has planted,
and like cedar trees beside the waters.
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).