New English Translation
Numbers 12:16
16After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
- New International Version (NIV)After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.
- English Standard Version (ESV)After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Context of Numbers 12:16
14The Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only spit in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again.” 15So Miriam was shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought back in. After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
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וְאַחַ֛ר נָסְע֥וּ הָעָ֖ם מֵחֲצֵר֑וֹת וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 12:16
- Numbers 11:35The people traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah to Hazeroth, and they stayed at Hazeroth.
- Numbers 33:18They traveled from Hazeroth and camped in Rithmah.
- Numbers 10:12So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled 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 were leaders of the Israelites.
- Genesis 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 25:1Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the desert of Paran.
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, the sovereign one from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the skies, his glory fills the earth.
Commentaries on Numbers 12:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The wilderness of Paran - This could not be the same Paran with that mentioned Deuteronomy 1:1, for that was on the borders of the promised land, see the note on Deuteronomy 1:1, Deuteronomy 1:2; they were long near the borders of Canaan, and might have speedily entered into it, had it not been for their provocations and iniquities. They spent thirty-eight years in a journey which might have been accomplished in a few weeks! How many through their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 The cloud departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God goes, evil comes: expect no good when God departs. Her foul tongue, as Bishop Hall says, was justly punished with a foul face. Aaron, as priest, was judge of the leprosy. He could not pronounce her leprous without trembling, knowing himself to be equally guilty. But if she was thus punished for speaking against Moses, what will become of those who sin against Christ? Aaron, who joined…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The camp in the Wilderness of Paran was at Kadesh-barnea (13:26; Deuteronomy 1:19–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. pitched in the wilderness of Paran--The station of encampments seems to have been Rithma (Nu 33:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 12
- 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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