And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.
and they journey from mount Shapher, and encamp in Haradah.
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
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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Next they arrive at Charadath [Haradah], which in our language signifies "made competent." Indeed, this is just what Paul says, "He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant."
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12, 253patristic
Haradah - Unknown, Calmet supposes that it may be the place called Bered, Gen 16:14, which was in the vicinity of Kadesh. Stat. 21.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
