And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.
and they journey from Jotbathah, and encamp in Ebronah.
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Abronah.
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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From there, it says, they camped at Ebrona [Abronah], which is "passage." For everything must be passed through. Even if you have come to good things, you must pass through them to better things until you come to that good thing in which you should always remain.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12, 253patristic
