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Numbers 10:11
11In the second year after Israel’s departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.
Numbers 10:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
- New International Version (NIV)On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.
Context of Numbers 10:11
9“When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies. 10Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind your God of his covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.” In the second year after Israel’s departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant. 12So 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. 13When the people set out for the first time, following the instructions the Lord had given through Moses,
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:11 word by word
וַיְהִ֞י בַּשָּׁנָ֧ה הַשֵּׁנִ֛ית בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֖י בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁ נַעֲלָה֙ הֶֽעָנָ֔ן מֵעַ֖ל מִשְׁכַּ֥ן הָעֵדֻֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it came to pass on the twentiethעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
- monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- that the cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
- was taken upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- from off the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- of the testimonyעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
Cross-references for Numbers 10:11
- Deuteronomy 1:6“When we were at Mount Sinai, the Lord our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
- Numbers 1:1A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said,
- Numbers 9:1A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. In the first month of that year he said,
- Exodus 40:2“Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year.
- Numbers 9:17Whenever the cloud lifted from over the sacred tent, the people of Israel would break camp and follow it. And wherever the cloud settled, the people of Israel would set up camp.
Commentaries on Numbers 10:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The twentieth day of the second month - The Israelites had lain encamped in the wilderness of Sinai about eleven months and twenty days; compare Exodus 19:1; with this verse. They now received the order of God to decamp, and proceed towards the promised land; and therefore the Samaritan introduces at this place the words which we find in Deuteronomy 1:6-8; : "The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying: Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount, turn…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11At this point commences the second great division of the book, extending to the close of Numbers 14. The remaining verses of the present chapter narrate the actual break up of the camp at Sinai and the order of the march.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. 11-36Leaving Sinai was a key moment in Israel's history. The Israelites now had the law and God would test them on how they obeyed it. The departure from Sinai marked the start of the march toward Canaan, although it became a long journey (compare Deuteronomy 1:6–8, 19). This passage summarizes the daily routines during the journey.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. It came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, &c.--The Israelites had lain encamped in Wady-Er-Rahah and the neighboring valleys of the Sinaitic range for the space of eleven months and twenty-nine days. (Compare Ex 19:1). Besides the religious purposes of the highest importance to which their long sojourn at Sinai was subservient, the Israelites, after the hardships and oppression of the Egyptian servitude, required an…Read the comment
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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
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