1sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).
2tnHeb “hand.”
3tnHeb “their goings out.”
4tnHeb “mouth.”
5tnHeb “morrow.”
6tnHeb “with a high hand”; the expression means “defiantly; boldly” or “with confidence.” The phrase is usually used for arrogant sin and pride, the defiant fist, as it were. The image of the high hand can also mean the hand raised to deliver the blow (Job 38:15).
7tnHeb “in the eyes.”
8tc So many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, Syriac, and Latin Vulgate. Other witnesses have “from before Hahiroth.”
9tnHeb “mouth.”
10tnIim is a shortened form of the name Iye-abarim mentioned in v. 44.
11tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
12map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
13tn The Hebrew text repeats the verb “you will destroy.”