Numbers 21-36: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Volume 4, Part 1In "Numbers 21-36", world-renowned Bible scholar Baruch A. Levine unravels the complexity and confusing details of this Old Testament book. His lucid translation, based on thorough textual and linguistic research, including the ancient Deir 'Alla texts, opens the door for modern readers to understand and appreciate the richness of this intriguing book. Further, Levine examines the route of the wilderness wanderings, the ancient Near Eastern context of the laws, the social organization of early Israel, and the meaning of this biblical book for the contemporary world. |
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TRANSLATION OF NUMBERS 2136 | 21 |
1 | 35 |
REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY | 63 |
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abôt Affiliated Akkadian altar Amorites Aramaic Arnon attested Baal Peor Baal Peor incident Balaam Balaam Pericope Balaam poems Balak bêt border burnt offering Canaan century B.C.E. chieftains Chron Chronicles clan cognate commanded Comments to Numbers connotes context cult cultic daughters Deir Alla Deir Alla inscriptions deity Deut Deuteronomy divine Edom Egypt Eleazar encamped ephah Exod Exodus Ezekiel festival Gadites Genesis Gilead grain offering Heshbon Heshbon Ballad Isaiah Israel Israelite Jordan Joshua Kadesh king land Levine Levites Leviticus Leviticus 23 libation Manasseh Masoretic means Mesha Mesha Stele Midianites Moab Moabite Moses narrative Notes to Numbers Numbers 21 Numbers 32 period pilgrimage Plains of Moab present verse priest reference rites Sabbath sacrifice Sanctuary sense settlement Sihon speak tămîd temple term territory texts tion Torah towns of asylum traditions Transjordan Transjordanian Israelite translation tribe tribe of Manasseh Ugaritic usage verb vows wilderness YHWH Zelophehad