Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:41
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
STAT. XXXIV.
Verse 41. ZALMONAH.] Probably in the neighborhood of the land of Edom. As tselem signifies an image, this place probably had its name from the brazen serpent set up by Moses. See Clarke on Nu 21:9, &c. From the same root the word telesm, corruptly called talisman, which signifies a consecrated image, is derived.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on Nu 33:40].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.’
The middle two encampments are ignored in the history which speaks simply of moving from Mount Hor to Oboth (Num 21:4-11). But they were important as places where the Dwellingplace had been set up.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Num 33:41-42. Pitched in Zalmonah, &c. Zalmonah and Punon are not mentioned in chap. Num 21:4 where it is said, that they journeyed from Horto compass the land of Edom; but we are not told where they pitched, which is here supplied. Zalmonah was, probably, so called from the brazen serpent which was there erected: it signifies an image.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Num 33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Ver. 41. Pitched in Zalmonah. ] Of Zelem; signifying an image; so called because there the people, stung by fiery serpents, not by little dragons sprung out of their own bodies, as Fontunius Licetus a will have it, looked up to the brazen serpent, by God’s command, and were healed. Num 21:5 ; Num 21:9 Joh 3:16 1Co 10:9
a De Spontan. Vivent. Ortu., lib. iii. cap. 51.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Num 21:4