Numbers 33:50
in Numbers 33On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
KJV
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The expulsion of the Canaanites and the destruction of their monuments of idolatry had been already enjoined (see the marginal references); and Num 33:54 is substantially a repetition from Exo. 26:53-55. But the solemn warning of Num 33:55-56 is new. A call for it had been furnished by their past transgressions in the matter of Baal-peor, and by their imperfect fulfillment, at the first, of Moses’ orders in the Midianite war.
This site's exposition
in the plains of Moab
on Numbers 33:50-54
The order is given before Jordan is crossed and it names three things to be destroyed, their pictures, their molten images and their high places, so the shrines go with the images. Adam Clarke reads the word rendered pictures as carved or figured stones set up for worship. Verse 53 grounds the dispossession in a gift already made, for I have given you the land to possess it. Verse 54 holds two methods together, the lot deciding the place and the size of a tribe deciding the amount, which Numbers 26:53-56 had already set out.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho,.... See Gill on Num 33:48; see Gill on Num 22:1, saying; as follows.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you--not, however, by expulsion, but extermination (De 7:1). and destroy all their pictures--obelisks for idolatrous worship (see on Le 26:1). and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places--by metonymy for all their groves and altars, and materials of worship on the tops of hills.
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The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת | bearvot | in [the] plains of | H6160 → | 61 times |
| מוֹאָ֑ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יַרְדֵּ֥ן | yarden | [the] Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| יְרֵח֖וֹ | yerecho | of Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֧רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תin [the] plains of
bearvotH6160 →61 times
מוֹאָ֑בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
עַל־at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יַרְדֵּ֥ן[the] Jordan
yardenH3383 →182 times
יְרֵח֖וֹof Jericho
yerechoH3405 →57 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Numbers
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…
- PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.