Numbers 33:16

Numbers 33:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.
• New International Version (NIV)They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

Context of Numbers 33:16

14They moved out from Alush and camped at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink. 15They moved out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai [where they remained for about a year]. They moved out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. 17They moved out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. 18They moved out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah [near Kadesh, the place from which the twelve spies were sent to spy out the land of Canaan].

Numbers 33:16 word by word

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּקִבְרֹ֥ת הַֽתַּאֲוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they removedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• from the desertמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• of Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · (Wilderness of) SinaiH5514
• and pitchedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• at Kibroth–hattaavahקִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהqibrôth hatta'ăvâh · Kibroth-hattaavahH6914

Cross-references for Numbers 33:16

• Numbers 10:11On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year [since leaving Egypt], the cloud [of the Lord’s presence] was lifted from over the tabernacle of the Testimony,
• Deuteronomy 1:6“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough on this mountain.
• Numbers 11:4The rabble among them [who followed Israel from Egypt] had greedy desires [for familiar and delicious food], and the Israelites wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

Commentaries on Numbers 33:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Kibroth-hattaavah - No city, village, etc., but a place in the open desert, which had its name from the plague that fell upon the Israelites, through their murmuring against God, and their inordinate desire of flesh. See on Numbers 11 (note). But it appears that the Israelites had traveled three days' journey in order to reach this place, Numbers 10:33, and commentators suppose there must have been other stations which are not laid down here, probably…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-49Verses 1-49 This list was written out by Moses at God‘s command Numbers 33:2, doubtless as a memorial of God‘s providential care for His people throughout this long and trying period. Numbers 33:3-6. For these places, see the marginal reference. Numbers 33:8 Pi-hahiroth - Hebrew “Hahiroth,” but perhaps only by an error of transcription. However, the omitted “pi” is only a common Egyptian prefix. Wilderness of Etham - i. e., that part of the great…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17Kibroth-hattaavah … Hazeroth: See 11:34–12:16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-5616-37. Kibroth-Hattaavah ("the graves of lust," see on Nu 11:34)--The route, on breaking up the encampment at Sinai, led down Wady Sheikh; then crossing Jebel-et-Tih, which intersected the peninsula, they descended into Wady Zalaka, pitching successively at two brief, though memorable, stations (De 9:22); then they encamped at Hazeroth ("unwalled villages"), supposed to be at Ain-Hadera (see on Nu 11:35). Kadesh, or Kadesh-barnea, is supposed to be the…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 33:16

• Kibroth-Hattaavah

In the dictionaries

• Sinai
• Sinai, or Sinai
• Sinai, Horeb
• Kibroth-Hattaavah
• Dispossess
• Divide
• Draw
• Exodus
• Kibrothhattaavah
• Thorn

Commentaries on Numbers 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings