Numbers 20:16 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 20:16

and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

BSB

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ASV

and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.

KJV

And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

An angel - See Gen 12:7, note; Exo 3:2, note. The term is to be understood as importing generally the supernatural guidance under which Israel was.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

For though Moses may be called an angel or messenger yet it is not probable that he is meant, partly because Moses was the person that sent this message; and partly because another angel above Moses conducted them, and the mention hereof to the Edomites, was likely to give more authority to their present message.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Moses sent messengers . . . to the king of Edom--The encampment at Kadesh was on the confines of the Edomite territory, through which the Israelites would have had an easy passage across the Arabah by Wady-el-Ghuweir, so that they could have continued their course around Moab, and approached Palestine from the east [ROBERTS].

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַנִּצְעַ֤ק	va.nitz.'Ak	and we cried out	H6817 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע	vai.yish.Ma'	and he heard	H8085 →
קֹלֵ֔נוּ	ko.Le.nu	voice our	H6963 →
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
מַלְאָ֔ךְ	mal.'Akh	an angel	H4397 →
וַיֹּצִאֵ֖נוּ	vai.yo.tzi.'E.nu	and he brought out us	H3318 →
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
וְהִנֵּה֙	ve.hi.Neh	and here!	H2009 →
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
בְקָדֵ֔שׁ	ve.ka.Desh	[are] in Kadesh	H6946 →
עִ֖יר	'ir	<the> city of	H5892 →
קְצֵ֥ה	ke.Tzeh	[the] outskirt[s] of	H7097 →
גְבוּלֶֽךָ׃	ge.vu.Le.kha	territory your	H1366 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
leads to
- Exodus 32:34
  Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 33:14
  And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- Psalms 91:11
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
- Exodus 14:19
  And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Exodus 33:2
  And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Through
Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
leads to
- Isaiah 63:9
  In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
- Exodus 23:20–21
  Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Through
Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
leads to
- Joshua 24:11
  After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your…

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