Numbers 33:37
in Numbers 33They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
KJV
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHor - Famous for the death of Aaron. See on Numbers 20 (note). Perhaps Moseroth or Mosera, Num 33:30 (note), was a village near this mountain. Stat. 34.
This site's exposition
in the wilderness of Zin
on Numbers 33:36-40
The second and last date in the chapter is a death, the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year, and Aaron at a hundred and twenty and three years is the only man whose dying this list records. Numbers 20:22-29 gives the account, the garments taken off Aaron and put on Eleazar on the mountain in sight of the congregation. Verse 40 breaks in with a Canaanite king who hears of their coming and then says nothing further, and Numbers 21:1-3 finishes that matter with the vow and the name Hormah. The fortieth year named here fixes the near end of the forty years passed in chapter 14.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
They encamped at Mt. Or [Hor], which means "mountains." For one comes to the mount of God so that he may himself become a fruitful mountain and a massive mountain or because the person who always dwells on the mount of God is called a mountaineer.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But as there are no less than eighteen stations inserted between Hazeroth and Kadesh, and only eleven days were spent in performing that journey (De 1:2), it is evident that the intermediate stations here recorded belong to another and totally different visit to Kadesh. The first was when they left Sinai in the second month (Nu 1:11;
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּסְע֖וּ | vaiyisu | and they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| מִקָּדֵ֑שׁ | mikadesh | from Kadesh | H6946 → | 18 times |
| וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בְּהֹ֣ר | behor | at Hor | H2023 → | 12 times |
| הָהָ֔ר | hahar | the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
| בִּקְצֵ֖ה | biktzeh | on [the] border of | H7097 → | 97 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֱדֽוֹם׃ | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
מִקָּדֵ֑שׁfrom Kadesh
mikadeshH6946 →18 times
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙and they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
בְּהֹ֣רat Hor
behorH2023 →12 times
הָהָ֔רthe mountain
haharH2022 →546 times
בִּקְצֵ֖הon [the] border of
biktzehH7097 →97 times
אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
אֱדֽוֹם׃Edom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 21:4Then 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 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.
- Numbers 32:9
For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- Exodus 6:9
Through
Numbers 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…
it leads to
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Exodus 14:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12.