Numbers 9:23
in Numbers 9They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
KJV
At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
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This verse in Numbers 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseKept the charge of the Lord - When we consider the strong disposition which this people ever testified to follow their own will in all things, we may be well surprised to find them, in these journeyings, so implicitly following the directions of God. There could be no trick or imposture here. Moses, had he been the most cunning of men, never could have imitated the appearances referred to in this chapter. The cloud, and every thing in its motion, was so evidently supernatural, that the people had no doubt of its being the symbol of the Divine presence.
This site's exposition
Or whether it were two days, or a month
on Numbers 9:22-23
The terms named reach from two days to a year, and the wilderness would hold this people for thirty-eight more after Kadesh. The commandment of the Lord is named seven times in verses 18 to 23, five times as at the commandment and twice as according to the commandment, which is the chapter making its case by repetition. Verse 23 closes it by the hand of Moses, so the cloud overhead and the word given through a man stand together. Psalm 105:39 and Nehemiah 9:19 both look back on the cloud and the fire as one mercy.
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The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֤י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יַחֲנ֔וּ | yachanu | they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֥י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יִסָּ֑עוּ | yisau | they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת | mishmeret | [the] duty of | H4931 → | 78 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שָׁמָ֔רוּ | shamaru | they kept | H8104 → | 468 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֥י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֤י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יַחֲנ֔וּthey encamped
yachanuH2583 →143 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֥י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יִסָּ֑עוּthey set out
yisauH5265 →146 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת[the] duty of
mishmeretH4931 →78 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שָׁמָ֔רוּthey kept
shamaruH8104 →468 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֥י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פMoses
moshehH4872 →765 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
Genesis 26:5because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
it leads to
- Matthew 7:24
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Genesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- Genesis 22:16
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Psalms 112:1–2
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- James 2:21
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
- Matthew 7:24
Through
Zechariah 3:7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I…
it leads to
- Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…
- Ezekiel 44:15–16
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand…
- Genesis 26:5
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
- Matthew 19:28
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.