Numbers 24:5

24:5 ‘How ¹  beautiful are your tents, O Jacob,

and your dwelling places, O Israel!

Numbers 24:19

24:19 A ruler will be established from Jacob;

he will destroy the remains of the city.’” ² 

[24:5]  ¹ tn Here מָה (mah) has an exclamatory sense: “How!” (see Gen 28:17).

[24:19]  ² tn Or, understanding the Hebrew word for “city” as a place name, “of Ir” (cf. NRSV, NLT).