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Numbers 33:16
16They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Numbers 33:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.
- New International Version (NIV)They left the Desert of Sinai and camped 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.
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 wilderness of Sinai. They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. 17They left Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. 18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
Read all of Numbers 33Numbers 33:16 word by word
וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּקִבְרֹ֥ת הַֽתַּאֲוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 33:16
- Numbers 10:11In 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.
- 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 11:4Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.
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
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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
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