Bible Strands
Numbers 20:22
After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the movement of the Israelite camp after Edom refused them passage. The text places the congregation at Mount Hor immediately following their departure from Kadesh.
The words — וַיִּסְעוּ (va-yisʿû) means "and they set out," and וַיָּבֹאוּ (va-yāḇōʾû) means "and they came." These consecutive verbs mark a completed journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor.
The thread — The departure from Kadesh and arrival at Mount Hor frame the narrative sequence in Numbers 20:1, Numbers 20:14, Numbers 20:21, and Numbers 20:23. Numbers 21:4 records the subsequent departure from that same mountain.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track the precise geographical progression of the wilderness journey. It establishes Mount Hor as the designated location for the next divine instruction before recording any new events.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
Cross-references
- Numbers 20:1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 20:14 From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Numbers 21:4 Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
- 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.
- Numbers 20:16 and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
- Numbers 33:36 They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 34:7 Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
- Ezekiel 47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
- Ezekiel 48:28 The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.