God’s Word Translation
Numbers 33:10
10They moved from Elim and set up camp by the Red Sea.
Numbers 33:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
- New International Version (NIV)They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Context of Numbers 33:10
8They moved from Pi Hahiroth and went through the middle of the sea into the desert. After they traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they set up camp at Marah. 9They moved from Marah and came to Elim. Elim had 12 springs and 70 palm trees, so they set up camp there. They moved from Elim and set up camp by the Red Sea. 11They moved from the Red Sea and set up camp in the Desert of Sin. 12They moved from the Desert of Sin and set up camp at Dophkah.
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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵאֵילִ֑ם וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל־יַם־סֽוּף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 33:10
- Exodus 16:1The whole community of Israelites moved from Elim and came to the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. This was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt.
- Exodus 17:1The whole community of Israelites left the desert of Sin and traveled from place to place as the Lord commanded them. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Commentaries on Numbers 33:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Encamped by the Red Sea - It is difficult to assign the place of this encampment, as the Israelites were now on their way to Mount Sinai, which lay considerably to the east of Elim, and consequently farther from the sea than the former station. It might be called by the Red Sea, as the Israelites had it, as the principal object, still in view. This station however is mentioned nowhere else. By the Red Sea we are not to understand a sea, the waters of…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. 5-15For the list of Israel’s travel places between Rameses and the wilderness of Sinai, see Exodus 13:17–19:1.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. encamped by the Red Sea--The road from Wady Ghurundel leads into the interior, in consequence of a high continuous ridge which excludes all view of the sea. At the mouth of Wady-et-Tayibeh, after about three days' march, it opens again on a plain along the margin of the Red Sea. The minute accuracy of the Scripture narrative, in corresponding so exactly with the geographical features of this region, is remarkably shown in describing the Israelites as…Read the comment
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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
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