Tree of Life Version
Numbers 10:12
12Then Bnei-Yisrael set out on their travels in the Sinai wilderness. The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- 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.
Context of Numbers 10:12
10Also at your days of rejoicing, feasts and new moons, you are to blow on the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. They will then be a reminder for you before Adonai your God. I am Adonai your God!” 11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted up from above the Tabernacle of the Testimony. Then Bnei-Yisrael set out on their travels in the Sinai wilderness. The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran. 13So they set out the first time by the mouth of Adonai by Moses’s hand. 14The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set out first by their divisions. Over them was Nahshon son of Amminadab.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 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 departed from the Sinai wilderness and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
- Exodus 13:20So they journeyed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
- Exodus 40:36Now whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tabernacle, Bnei-Yisrael went onward, throughout all their journeys.
- Deuteronomy 1:19“Then we journeyed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Adonai our God commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- Numbers 1:1In the wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month in the second year from the Exodus from the land of Egypt, Adonai spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting saying,
- Numbers 9:1Adonai spoke to Moses in the Sinai wilderness in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt saying,
- Numbers 33:15They set out from Rephidim and encamped in the Sinai wilderness.
- Exodus 19:1In the third month after Bnei-Yisrael had gone out of the land of Egypt, that same day they arrived at the wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 12:16Afterward, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:3So according to the word of Adonai, Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran. All the men were princes of Bnei-Yisrael.
- Genesis 21:21He dwelled in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan—in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Di-Zahab.
- Deuteronomy 33:2He said, “Adonai came from Sinai and dawned on Bnei-Yisrael from Seir. He shone forth from Mount Paran, and He came from the holy myriads— blazing fire for them from His right hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:1Then Samuel died, and all Israel gathered and lamented him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. David then arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His majesty covers the heavens, and His praise fills 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
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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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