Bible Strands
Numbers 33:41
And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records that the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. This entry functions as a chronological marker immediately following the report of the Canaanite king of Arad.
The words — The verbs וַ/יִּסְע֖וּ (va/i.yis.'U) and וַֽ/יַּחֲנ֖וּ (va/i.ya.cha.Nu) literally mean "and they set out" and "and they encamped." They structurally bracket the movement between two named locations.
The thread — This itinerary pattern continues in Numbers 33:42, which notes their departure from Zalmonah to Punon. The departure from Mount Hor also appears in Numbers 21:4 as part of the route toward the Red Sea.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track each documented stage of the wilderness progression. It establishes that every encampment follows a recorded departure, leaving no geographic movement unaccounted for.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Cross-references
- 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