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Numbers 33:16
They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the Israelites' departure from the Wilderness of Sinai immediately after their extended encampment there, preceding their arrival at Hazeroth.
The words — The text employs וַיִּסְעוּ (va.yis'u) for "they set out" and וַיַּחֲנוּ (va.yachan) for "they encamped," denoting a complete military-style departure and subsequent camp establishment.
The thread — This itinerary continues the chronological march detailed in Numbers 10:11 and Numbers 10:33, while Numbers 11:34 provides the subsequent explanation for the name Kibroth-hattaavah.
Why it lands — The record requires the reader to track the precise sequence of camps, treating each location as a defined waypoint in a larger journey rather than a permanent settlement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.
Cross-references
- Numbers 11:34 So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
- Numbers 10:11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
- Numbers 10:33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
- Numbers 11:4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Deuteronomy 1:6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.