Numbers 33:41
in Numbers 33And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
KJV
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
3 notes on this verseZalmonah - Probably in the neighborhood of the land of Edom. As צלם tselem signifies an image, this place probably had its name from the brazen serpent set up by Moses. See Num 21:9 (note), etc. From the same root the word telesm, corruptly called talisman, which signifies a consecrated image, is derived. Stat. 35.
This site's exposition
and pitched in Zalmonah
on Numbers 33:41-49
Zalmonah and Punon fall between mount Hor and Oboth, which is the stretch where Numbers 21:4-9 sets the fiery serpents and the serpent of brass that John 3:14-15 takes up by name. The mountains of Abarim before Nebo at verse 47 is the ground where Moses will be shown the land and die, in Deuteronomy 34:1-5, and the list names the place without saying so. Abel-shittim at verse 49 is the Shittim of Numbers 25:1, where Israel joined itself unto Baal-peor. The record of the stages stops at the camp where the plague of chapter 25 fell.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The stage at Selmona [Zalmonah] follows next. Its meaning is "shadow of the portion." … The shadow of our portion, which gives us shade from all the heat of temptations, is Christ and the Holy Spirit.
The words behind it
5 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 |
| מֵהֹ֣ר | mehor | from Hor | H2023 → | 12 times |
| הָהָ֑ר | hahar | the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בְּצַלְמֹנָֽה׃ | betzalmonah | at Zalmonah | H6758 → |
וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
מֵהֹ֣רfrom Hor
mehorH2023 →12 times
הָהָ֑רthe mountain
haharH2022 →546 times
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
בְּצַלְמֹנָֽה׃at Zalmonah
betzalmonahH6758 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
About Numbers
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 and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12.