Numbers 33:20
in Numbers 33They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah.
KJV
And they departed from Rimmon–parez, and pitched in Libnah.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
5 notes on this verseLibnah - The situation of this place is uncertain. A city of this name is mentioned Jos 10:29, as situated between Kadesh-barnea and Gaza. Stat. 17.
This site's exposition
set out from the Wilderness of Sinai
on Numbers 33:16-20
Two of these camps carry their own stories. Kibroth-hattaavah has the graves of those who craved meat at Numbers 11:34, and Hazeroth has Miriam's seven days outside the camp at Numbers 12:14-15. After Hazeroth the list gives only names.
This site's exposition
camped at Libnah
Adam Clarke calls the site of this camp uncertain. He points to the town of Libnah that Joshua takes at Joshua 10:29 and places it between Kadesh-barnea and Gaza. Origen reads the name as whitening, the washing of the prayer that asks to be made whiter than snow.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Next they came to Lebna [Libnah], which means "whitewashing." I know that in some respects whitewashing has a pejorative connotation.… But this whitewashing is that concerning which the prophet says, "You will wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.…" So then, this whitewashing must be understood to come from the radiance of the true light and to descend from the brightness of heavenly visions.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But as there are no less than eighteen stations inserted between Hazeroth and Kadesh, and only eleven days were spent in performing that journey (De 1:2), it is evident that the intermediate stations here recorded belong to another and totally different visit to Kadesh. The first was when they left Sinai in the second month (Nu 1:11;
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The words behind it
5 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 |
| מֵרִמֹּ֣ן | merimon | from Rimmon- | H7428 → | 4 times |
| פָּ֑רֶץ | paretz | perez | H7428 → | 4 times |
| וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בְּלִבְנָֽה׃ | belivnah | at Libnah | H3841 → |
וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
מֵרִמֹּ֣ןfrom Rimmon-
merimonH7428 →4 times
פָּ֑רֶץperez
paretzH7428 →4 times
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
בְּלִבְנָֽה׃at Libnah
belivnahH3841 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, Homilies on Numbers 27 and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:12.