And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
and they journey from Hashmonah, and encamp in Moseroth.
And they removed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
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.
The verses this one reaches2
The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
Voices3
Now from here a stage is made at Mesoroth [Moseroth], which is thought to mean "shutting out." What do they shut out? Doubtless the wicked suggestions of the opposing spirit from their thoughts.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12, 253patristic
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. Thirty two miles from Hashmonah. In Deu 10:6 it is called Mosera; and according to the account there, they came hither from the following place, Benejaakan; probably they went first thither from Hashmonah, and then from Mosera or Moserot, and so to Benejaakan again, going backwards and forwards, so Jarchi; the distance of the two places was twenty four miles; for the further reconciliation this; see Gill on Deu 10:6 and the Samaritan version there.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Moseroth - Situation unknown. In Deu 10:6 it is said that the Israelites took their journey from Beeroth, the wells of the children of Jaakan, to Mosera, and there Aaron died. If so, Mosera, Moseroth, and Hor, must be different names of the same place; or Moseroth, or Mosera, must have been some town or village near Mount Hor, for there Aaron died. See Num 33:38. Stat. 27.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
