(Numb. 21:19:) FROM MATTANAH TO NAHALIEL, AND FROM NAHALIEL TO BAMOTH. These refer to the Sanhedrin¹⁹⁷ in the enclosure (i.e., the Temple court) beside the altar. (Numb. 21:20:) FROM BAMOTH TO THE VALLEY THAT IS IN THE PLAIN OF MOAB. These refer to the Sanhedrin, when it was in the chamber of Hewn Stones, which was in region of that woman who came from the plain of Moab (i.e., Ruth), of whom it is stated (in Ruth 2:6): SHE IS THE YOUNG MOABITE WOMAN WHO CAME BACK WITH NAOMI FROM THE PLAINS OF MOAB.

footnotes: ¹⁹⁷ Gk.: synhedrion.

(Numb. 21:20, cont.:) AT THE SUMMIT OF PISGAH, WHICH IS VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE OF WILDERNESS (yeshimon);¹⁹⁸ may be a place name, Jeshimon. for from there Torah goes forth into the world.

footnotes: ¹⁹⁸ Yeshimon

Another interpretation (of ibid.:) WHICH IS VISIBLE. This is in reference to the well which accompanied them until it entered the sea of Tiberias.¹⁹⁹ 2:4 or 3 (32cd); yKet. 12:3 (35b); Lev. R. 22:4; Eccl. R. 5:8-9:5; cf. Shab. 35b, according to which the well is visible from Mount Carmel; similarly M. Ps. 24:6, according to which the well is visible from Mount Nebo. Then one standing ON THE SURFACE OF THE WILDERNESS sees something in the midst of the sea about the size of the mouth of an oven; and that is the well, which is VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WILDERNESS.

footnotes: ¹⁹⁹ See above, Lev. 7:7; Numb. 1:2; 6:35, 47-49; and the notes there; also yKil.