And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
and they journey from Zalmonah, and encamp in Punon.
And they removed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
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.
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Now from here they come to Phinon [Punon], which we think means "frugality of the mouth." For the person who can contemplate the mystery of Christ and of the Holy Spirit, if he sees or hears what it is not right for men to speak, will necessarily have frugality of mouth, since he will know to whom, when and how he should speak of the divine mysteries.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12, 253patristic
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
