Numbers 33:13
in Numbers 33They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
KJV
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. The strong fort, as the Targum of Jonathan calls it; this was twelve miles from Dophkah: according to the Jewish chronology (d), this Alush is the wilderness of Sin, where the Israelites came on the fifteenth day of the seventh month from their going out of Egypt; and they say, that in Alush the sabbath was given them, and that there they kept the first sabbath, as it is said: and the people rested on the seventh day, Exo 16:30. (d) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 5. p. 17.
This site's exposition
and camped at Dophkah
on Numbers 33:12-15
Dophkah and Alush are named here and nowhere else in Scripture. Verse 14 breaks the pattern with a clause about the place, "where there was no water for the people to drink". Exodus 17:1-7 stands behind it.
This site's exposition
camped at Alush
Alush, like Dophkah before it, appears only in this list, and Adam Clarke calls its site unknown. John Gill reports that the Jewish chronology Seder Olam places the first Sabbath at Alush. Gill ties this to Exodus 16:30.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Halus [Alush] means "toils." Nor should you be surprised if toils follow health. For the soul acquires health from the Lord in order to accept toils with delight and not unwillingly.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Alush - Neither is this mentioned in Exodus and its situation is equally unknown. Stat. 10.
The words behind it
4 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 |
| מִדָּפְקָ֑ה | midafekah | from Dophka | H1850 → | |
| וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בְּאָלֽוּשׁ׃ | bealush | at Alush | H442 → |
וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
מִדָּפְקָ֑הfrom Dophka
midafekahH1850 →
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
בְּאָלֽוּשׁ׃at Alush
bealushH442 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12.