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Numbers 10:12

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 10:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 10:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.
11And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
12And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
13And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
14And in the first [place] the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
15And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai, etc.] Each of their camps removed from thence, and so everyone took their journey; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran; which was a signal for the camps to rest and pitch their tents; this was after they had gone three days journey, and were come to Taberah, which, it is probable, was in the wilderness of Paran; otherwise we read of their pitching in the wilderness of Paran, after they had been a month at Kibrothhattaavah, (<041134>Numbers 11:34,35), and seven days at Hazeroth, (<041216>Numbers 12:16); so they went from one wilderness to another; of this wilderness, (see Gill on “<012121>Genesis…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The 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. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Paran - From which they travelled to other places, and then returned into it again, Num 12:16. Numbers 10:21”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“10:12 The Israelites marched to the wilderness of Paran, an arid or semi-arid region in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula, south of the Negev and west of the Dead Sea/Arabah Rift (cp. Gen 21:21).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“took: Num 33:16; Exo 13:20, Exo 40:36, Exo 40:37; Deu 1:19 out of the: Num 1:1, Num 9:1, Num 9:5, Num 33:15; Exo 19:1, Exo 19:2 the wilderness: Num 12:16, Num 13:3, Num 13:26; Gen 21:21; Deu 1:1, Deu 33:2; Sa1 25:1; Hab 3:3 Numbers 10:13”
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