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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran.

Context of Numbers 10:12

10Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.” 11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law. 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. 13They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses. 14The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.

Numbers 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 left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
• Exodus 13:20After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
• Exodus 40:36In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;
• Deuteronomy 1:19Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.
• Numbers 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
• Numbers 9:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said,
• Numbers 33:15They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.
• Exodus 19:1On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt—on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai.
• Numbers 12:16After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.
• Numbers 13:3So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
• Genesis 21:21While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.
• 1 Samuel 25:1Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.
• Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.

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