Numbers 10:12

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

10Also on the day of your joy and at your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.” 11Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the testimony; and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran. 13So they moved on for the first time in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses. 14The flag of the camp of the sons of Judah, by their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,

Numbers 10:12 word by word

וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן הֶעָנָ֖ן בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• and the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• setנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• their journeysמַסַּעmassa‛ · journeyH4550
• from the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• of Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · (Wilderness of) SinaiH5514
• Then the cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• settledשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• of Paranפָּארָןpâ'rân · ParanH6290

Cross-references for Numbers 10:12

• Numbers 33:16They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
• Exodus 13:20Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
• Exodus 40:36Throughout their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out;
• Deuteronomy 1:19“Then we set out from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
• Numbers 1:1Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
• Numbers 9:1Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
• Numbers 33:15And they journeyed from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.
• Exodus 19:1In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
• Numbers 12:16Afterward, however, the people moved on from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
• Numbers 13:3So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
• Genesis 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said, “The Lord came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of myriads of holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.
• 1 Samuel 25:1Then Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David set out and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
• Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, And 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

Topics related to Numbers 10:12

• Cloud
• Israel
• Paran
• Sinai

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Paran
• Sinai
• Sinai, or Sinai
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Sinai, Horeb
• Children of Israel
• Concerning
• Depart

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