Numbers 33:16

Numbers 33:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Context of Numbers 33:16

14They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. 15They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai. They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. 17They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. 18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

Numbers 33:16 word by word

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּקִבְרֹ֥ת הַֽתַּאֲוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they removedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• from the desertמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• of Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · (Wilderness of) SinaiH5514
• and pitchedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• at Kibroth–hattaavahקִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהqibrôth hatta'ăvâh · Kibroth-hattaavahH6914

Cross-references for Numbers 33:16

• Numbers 10:11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.
• Deuteronomy 1:6The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
• Numbers 11:4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

Commentaries on Numbers 33:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Kibroth-hattaavah - No city, village, etc., but a place in the open desert, which had its name from the plague that fell upon the Israelites, through their murmuring against God, and their inordinate desire of flesh. See on Numbers 11 (note). But it appears that the Israelites had traveled three days' journey in order to reach this place, Numbers 10:33, and commentators suppose there must have been other stations which are not laid down here, probably…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. 16-17Kibroth-hattaavah … Hazeroth: See 11:34–12:16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-5616-37. Kibroth-Hattaavah ("the graves of lust," see on Nu 11:34)--The route, on breaking up the encampment at Sinai, led down Wady Sheikh; then crossing Jebel-et-Tih, which intersected the peninsula, they descended into Wady Zalaka, pitching successively at two brief, though memorable, stations (De 9:22); then they encamped at Hazeroth ("unwalled villages"), supposed to be at Ain-Hadera (see on Nu 11:35). Kadesh, or Kadesh-barnea, is supposed to be the…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 33:16

• Kibroth-Hattaavah

In the dictionaries

• Sinai
• Sinai, or Sinai
• Sinai, Horeb
• Kibroth-Hattaavah
• Dispossess
• Divide
• Draw
• Exodus
• Kibrothhattaavah
• Thorn

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