Numbers 33:45
in Numbers 33They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.
KJV
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon–gad.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd they departed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibongad. Sixteen miles from Ijim; the remove from whence is said to be to the valley of Zared, Num 21:12 in which Dibongad was, so called perhaps because rebuilt by Gad afterwards.
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
From there they come in turn to Dibongad [Dibon-gad], which bears the meaning "beehive of temptations." How marvelous is the caution of divine providence! For look, this wanderer on his heavenly journey comes right up to the highest perfection by a succession of virtues; and nevertheless temptations do not leave him, though I hear temptations of a new kind. It means "beehive of temptations." Scripture considers the bee a praiseworthy insect, and kings and commoners use what it produces for their health.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Dibon-gad - Supposed to be the same as Dibon, Num 32:34, and to be situated on the brook Arnon. Stat. 39.
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 |
| מֵעִיִּ֑ים | meiyim | from Iim | H5864 → | |
| וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בְּדִיבֹ֥ן | bedivon | at Dibon- | H1769 → | 11 times |
| גָּֽד׃ | gad | gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
מֵעִיִּ֑יםfrom Iim
meiyimH5864 →
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
בְּדִיבֹ֥ןat Dibon-
bedivonH1769 →11 times
גָּֽד׃gad
gadH1410 →72 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12.