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Numbers 20:22

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After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor.

KJV

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

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This verse in Numbers 20

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Mount Hor - The modern Jebel Harun, situated on the eastern side of the Arabah, and clause to Petra. This striking mountain, rising on a dark red bare rock, to a height of near 5,000 feet above the Mediterranean, is remarkable far and near for its two summits, on one of which is still shown a small square building, crowned with a dome, called the Tomb of Aaron.

This site's exposition

And Edom came out against him with much people

on Numbers 20:20-22

Edom answers a request with an army, and Israel turns away, though this is the people who beat Amalek at Rephidim and who take Sihon and Og in the next chapter. Deuteronomy 2:4-6 gives the reason from God's side, that Edom's land was Esau's by grant and Israel was to buy meat and water of them for money. Obadiah 10-14 charges Edom with this and worse on the day Jerusalem fell, and Amos 1:11 says he cast off all pity and kept his wrath for ever. The road to mount Hor is the long way round a brother's border.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

12 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the L ORD , and he was sanctified in them.

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And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the children of Israel . . . came unto mount Hor--now Gebel Haroun, the most striking and lofty elevation in the Seir range, called emphatically "the mount" [Nu 20:28]. It is conspicuous by its double top.

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The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out

    vaiyisuH5265 →146 times

  • מִקָּדֵ֑שׁfrom Kadesh

    mikadeshH6946 →18 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֧אוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעֵדָ֖הthe congregation

    haedahH5712 →149 times

  • הֹ֥רHor

    horH2023 →12 times

  • הָהָֽר׃the mountain

    haharH2022 →546 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 1:46For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.4 worksNumbers 20:14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,3 worksNumbers 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.3 worksNumbers 21:4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey3 worksNumbers 34:7Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,2 worksNumbers 33:36–38They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.2 worksEzekiel 47:19On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.2 worksNumbers 20:16and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.2 worksEzekiel 48:28The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.2 worksJudges 11:18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 21:4

    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

    it leads to

    • Exodus 6:9

      Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

    • Judges 11:18

      Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon.…

    • Numbers 32:7

      Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

    • Acts 14:22

      strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

  • Through

    Numbers 20:1

    In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 13:21

      So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

    • Numbers 33:36

      They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

    • Exodus 15:20

      Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

  • Through

    Numbers 20:14

    From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

    it leads to

    • Judges 11:16–17

      But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 20 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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