Num 24:6 | NETfull | STEP | They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river’s side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.

Numbers 24:6

6 They are like ^{▼▼ Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”} valleys ^{▼▼ Or “rows of palms.”} stretched forth,
like gardens by the river’s side,
like aloes ^{▼▼ 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).} that the Lord has planted,
and like cedar trees beside the waters.