Numbers 34:8

34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ¹  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

Numbers 34:2

34:2 “Give these instructions ²  to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, ³  the land of Canaan with its borders,

Numbers 8:9

8:9 You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.

Numbers 8:2

8:2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘When you set up ⁴  the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light ⁵  in front of the lampstand.’”

Numbers 17:1

The Budding of Aaron’s Staff

17:1 ⁶ The Lord spoke to Moses:

Numbers 17:1

The Budding of Aaron’s Staff

17:1 ⁷ The Lord spoke to Moses:

Isaiah 10:9

10:9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?

Hamath like Arpad?

Samaria like Damascus? ⁸ 

Ezekiel 47:16-17

47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 47:17 The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

Zechariah 9:2

9:2 as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre ⁹  and Sidon, ¹⁰  though they consider themselves to be very wise.

[34:8]  ¹ tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

[34:2]  ² tn Or “command.”

[34:2]  ³ tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”

[8:2]  ⁴ tn The verb is עָלָה (’alah). The Hiphil infinitive construct functions in a temporal clause. The idea of arranging the lamps on the lampstand certainly involved raising the lamps and placing them on the tops of each shaft and branch. Some have taken the idea to mean cause the flame to go up, or light the lamps.

[8:2]  ⁵ tn The imperfect tense forms part of the instruction, and so the translation has to indicate that. The instruction would seem obvious, but the light was to shine in the area immediately in front of the lampstand, so that it would illumine the way and illumine the table that was across the room (hence, “in front of”).

[17:1]  ⁶ sn Num 17:1 in the English Bible is 17:16 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note on 16:36.

[17:1]  ⁷ sn Num 17:1 in the English Bible is 17:16 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note on 16:36.

[10:9]  ⁸ sn Calneh … Carchemish … Hamath … Arpad … Samaria … Damascus. The city states listed here were conquered by the Assyrians between 740-717 b.c. The point of the rhetorical questions is that no one can stand before Assyria’s might. On the geographical, rather than chronological arrangement of the cities, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:264, n. 4.

[9:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[9:2]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.