And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon–parez.
And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez.
And they journey from Rithmah, and encamp in Rimmon-Parez;
And they removed from Rithmah, and encamped at Rimmon-perez.
Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Wilderness of Zin, on the east side of the peninsula of Sinai; Punon, in the rocky ravines of mount Hor and famous for the mines and quarries in its vicinity as well as for its fruit trees, now Tafyle, on the border of Edom; Abarim, a ridge of rugged hills northwest of the Arnon--the part called Nebo was one of its highest peaks--opposite Jericho.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
The verses this one reaches1
Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,
