Christian Standard Bible
Numbers 10:12
12The Israelites traveled on from the Wilderness of Sinai, moving from one place to the next until the cloud stopped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 10:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.
Context of Numbers 10:12
10You are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your fellowship sacrifices and on your joyous occasions, your appointed festivals, and the beginning of each of your months. They will serve as a reminder for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.” 11During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony. The Israelites traveled on from the Wilderness of Sinai, moving from one place to the next until the cloud stopped in the Wilderness of Paran. 13They set out for the first time according to the Lord’s command through Moses. 14The military divisions of the camp of Judah’s descendants with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over their divisions.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:12 word by word
וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן הֶעָנָ֖ן בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- tookנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
- their journeysמַסַּעmassa‛ · journeyH4550
- out of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- of Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · (Wilderness of) SinaiH5514
- and the cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
- restedשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
- of Paranפָּארָןpâ'rân · ParanH6290
Cross-references for Numbers 10:12
- Numbers 33:16They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
- Exodus 13:20They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
- Exodus 40:36The Israelites set out whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle throughout all the stages of their journey.
- Deuteronomy 1:19“We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
- Numbers 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:
- Numbers 9:1In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the Lord told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,
- Numbers 33:15They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Exodus 19:1In the third month from the very day the Israelites left the land of Egypt, they came to the Sinai Wilderness.
- Numbers 12:16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:3Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.
- Genesis 21:21He settled in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
- Deuteronomy 33:2He said: The Lord came from Sinai and appeared to them from Seir; he shone on them from Mount Paran and came with ten thousand holy ones, with lightning from his right hand for them.
- 1 Samuel 25:1Samuel died, and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, and they buried him by his home in Ramah. David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah His splendor covers the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.
Commentaries on Numbers 10:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran - This was three days' journey from the wilderness of Sinai, (see Numbers 10:33;), and the people had three stations; the first at Kibroth-hattaavah, the second at Hazeroth, Numbers 11:35, and the third in the wilderness of Paran, see Numbers 12:16. But it is extremely difficult to determine these journeyings with any degree of exactness; and we are often at a loss to know whether the place in question was in a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The wilderness of Paran - See Genesis 14:6 note. The wilderness is mentioned here by anticipation. The earliest halting-places, Kibroth-hattaavah and Hazeroth, were not within its limits Numbers 11:35; Numbers 12:16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-28Verses 11-28 After the Israelites had continued nearly a year at mount Sinai, and all was settled respecting their future worship, they began their march to Canaan. True religion begins with the knowledge of the holy law of God, and humiliation for sin, but we must go on towards perfection, in acquaintance with Christ and his gospel, and those effectual encouragements, motives, and assistances to holiness, which it proposes. They took their journey…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The Israelites traveled to the wilderness of Paran. This region was dry and harsh. It was either arid or semi-arid, which means it received very little rain. The wilderness of Paran lay in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula. It was south of the Negev and west of the Dead Sea and the Arabah Rift (a long valley that runs from the Dead Sea southward; compare Genesis 21:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. wilderness of Paran--It stretched from the base of the Sinaitic group, or from Et-Tyh, over that extensive plateau to the southwestern borders of Palestine.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 10
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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