Numbers 12:16
in Numbers 12After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
KJV
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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This verse in Numbers 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe wilderness of Paran - This could not be the same Paran with that mentioned Deu 1:1, for that was on the borders of the promised land, see the note on Deu 1:1, Deu 1:2; they were long near the borders of Canaan, and might have speedily entered into it, had it not been for their provocations and iniquities. They spent thirty-eight years in a journey which might have been accomplished in a few weeks!
This site's exposition
Miriam was confined outside the camp
on Numbers 12:15-16
A nation of hundreds of thousands waits seven days until one woman is “brought in again”. Deuteronomy 24:9 makes the week a standing command inside the law of leprosy, “Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam”.
This site's exposition
the people set out from Hazeroth
Deuteronomy 1:2 counts eleven days of travel from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, and this camp in Paran puts Israel near the end of it. Clarke observes that they spent thirty-eight years on a road of a few weeks. The next chapter shows why.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the L ORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) Here is, I.
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And afterwards the people removed from Hazeroth,....
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחַ֛ר | veachar | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| נָסְע֥וּ | naseu | they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| מֵחֲצֵר֑וֹת | mechatzerot | from Hazeroth | H2698 → | 6 times |
| וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר | bemidbar | in [the] wilderness of | H4057 → | 270 times |
| פָּארָֽן׃ פ | paran | Paran | H6290 → | 11 times |
וְאַחַ֛רand after
veacharH310 →715 times
נָסְע֥וּthey set out
naseuH5265 →146 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
מֵחֲצֵר֑וֹתfrom Hazeroth
mechatzerotH2698 →6 times
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
בְּמִדְבַּ֥רin [the] wilderness of
bemidbarH4057 →270 times
פָּארָֽן׃ פParan
paranH6290 →11 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
Numbers 11:35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:17
They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
- Numbers 33:17
Through
Numbers 10:12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
it leads to
- Genesis 21:21
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 40:36–37
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
- Numbers 1:1
On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in…
- Exodus 19:1–2
In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 13:3
So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
- Genesis 21:21
Through
Numbers 13:3So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
- Deuteronomy 9:23
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You…
- Numbers 32:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the 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.