Bible Strands
Numbers 12:16
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the Israelites' movement immediately after Miriam's seven-day confinement outside the camp at Hazeroth. The passage marks the moment the community resumes its wilderness journey once the delay concludes.
The words — נָסְעוּ (nāśəʿû) literally means "they set out," signaling the end of the stationary period. וַיַּחֲנוּ (wayyaḥănû) means "and they encamped," denoting the establishment of a new temporary camp in the Wilderness of Paran.
The thread — The departure from Hazeroth follows Numbers 11:35, where the people first arrived there after Kibroth-hattaavah, and precedes Numbers 33:18, which lists their next camp at Rithmah. This movement continues the itinerary initiated in Numbers 10:12 from the Wilderness of Sinai.
Why it lands — The text documents a geographical shift and timeline marker without explaining the delay's significance. It requires the reader to maintain precise attention to the sequence and location of Israel's travels as a continuous historical record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Cross-references
- Numbers 11:35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
- Numbers 33:18 They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
- Numbers 10:12 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Genesis 21:21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 13:3 So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
- Numbers 13:26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- 1 Samuel 25:1 When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- Habakkuk 3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.