Numbers 22:33

22:33 The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If ¹  she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”

Numbers 24:6

24:6 They are like ²  valleys ³  stretched forth,

like gardens by the river’s side,

like aloes ⁴  that the Lord has planted,

and like cedar trees beside the waters.

[22:33]  ¹ tc Many commentators consider אוּלַי (’ulay, “perhaps”) to be a misspelling in the MT in place of לוּלֵי (luley, “if not”).

[24:6]  ² tn Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”

[24:6]  ³ tn Or “rows of palms.”

[24:6]  ⁴ 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).