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Numbers 10:36
36When they stopped travelling, Moses said, ‘Return, Lord, to be near to the thousands of Israel's people.’
Numbers 10:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)Whenever it came to rest, he said, “Return, Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when it rested, he said, "Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when it rested, he said: “Return, O Lord, To the many thousands of Israel.”
Context of Numbers 10:36
34And the Lord's cloud was over them during the day, whenever they started to travel from the camp. 35Each time that the Covenant Box started to travel Moses said, ‘Be ready, Lord! Cause your enemies to run away in every direction!’ When they stopped travelling, Moses said, ‘Return, Lord, to be near to the thousands of Israel's people.’
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:36 word by word
וּבְנֻחֹ֖ה יֹאמַ֑ר שׁוּבָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה רִֽבְב֖וֹת אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ׆ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 10:36
- Psalms 90:13Lord, return to help us! How long will you be angry with us? Please be kind to us, your servants!
- Genesis 24:50Laban and Bethuel replied, ‘We know that the Lord has caused all this to happen. So what we ourselves say is not important.
- Deuteronomy 1:10The Lord your God has caused you to become very many people. You are as many as the stars in the sky!
Commentaries on Numbers 10:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel - These were the words spoken by Moses, at the moment the divisions halted in order to pitch their tents. In reference to this subject, and the history with which it is connected, the 68th Psalm seems to have been composed, though applied by David to the bringing the ark from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem. See the notes on Psalm 68 (note). Many thousands, literally the ten thousand thousands. Unless the ark…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-36Verses 33-36 Their going out and coming in, gives an example to us to begin and end every day's journey and every day's work with prayer. Here is Moses's prayer when the ark set forward, "Rise up, and let thine enemies be scattered." There are those in the world who are enemies to God and haters of him; secret and open enemies; enemies to his truths, his laws, his ordinances, his people. But for the scattering and defeating of God's enemies, there needs…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36This invocation (formal call for God’s help) asked the Lord to be present with his people. It was spoken when the Israelites set out or camped.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3635-36. when the ark set forward that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered--Moses, as the organ of the people, uttered an appropriate prayer both at the commencement and the end of each journey. Thus all the journeys were sanctified by devotion; and so should our prayer be, "If thy presence go not with us, carry us not hence" [Ex 33:15].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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