“And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,”
Numbers 21:19
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel,
Mattanah H4980: a place in the Desert; the same as H4979: a present; (in a good sense) a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe; gift; Feminine of H4976: a present; reward; from H5414: to give; add; appoint; be healed; bring forth; deliver up without fail; take to God.
At Mattanah, do you give sacrifice or receive gift?
“Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.” And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)”
Genesis 13:9-10
Nahaliel H5160: valley of God; a place in the Desert; from H5158 and H410. H5158: a stream especially a winter torrent; a narrow valley; a shaft of a mine. H410: strength; mighty; the Almighty; God.
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
Matthew 7:13-14
And from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
Bamoth H1120: heights; heights of Baal.
“Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: ‘Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.’”
Isaiah 1:2-3
“And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the LORD to anger. They abandoned the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.”
Judges 2:11-13
“Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
1 Kings 19:18
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.”
Isaiah 14:12-15
“And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.”
Hosea 2:16-17