Deuteronomy 2:5
Context2:5 Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir 1 as an inheritance for Esau.
Numbers 21:15
Context21:15 and the slope of the valleys 2
that extends to the dwelling of Ar, 3
and falls off at the border of Moab.”
Numbers 21:28
Context21:28 For fire went out from Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It has consumed Ar of Moab
and the lords 4 of the high places of Arnon.
[2:5] 1 sn Mount Seir is synonymous with Edom.
[21:15] 2 tc There are many variations in this text, but the MT reading of something like “the descent of the torrents/valleys” is preferable, since it is describing the topography.
[21:15] 3 sn The place is unknown; it is apparently an important city in the region.
[21:28] 4 tc Some scholars emend to בָּלְעָה (bal’ah), reading “and devoured,” instead of בַּעֲלֵי (ba’aley, “its lords”); cf. NAB, NRSV, TEV. This emendation is closer to the Greek and makes a better parallelism, but the MT makes good sense as it stands.