Bible Commentary

And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. STAT. XXXIX. Verse 46. ALMON-DIBLATHAIM.] Situation not known. It belonged to the Moabites in the time of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer 48:22. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. Sixteen miles from Dibon, perhaps … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:46”

And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. STAT. XXXVIII. Verse 45. DIBON-GAD.] Supposed to be the same as Dibon, Nu 32:34, and to be situated on the brook Arnon. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible Iim, rather Ijim, i.e. the heaps, as the word signifies, even the heaps of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:45”

And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. STAT. XXXVII. Verse 44. IJE-ABARIM.] The heaps of Abarim. See Nu 21:11. Situation uncertain. It is called Iim in the following verse. As the word signifies heaps or protuberances, it probably means tumuil or small hills near some of the fords … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:44”

And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. STAT. XXXVI. Verse 43. OBOTH.] Mentioned before, Nu 21:10. 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 (43, 44) And pitched in Oboth . . . See Num. 21:10-11. Fuente: Ellicott’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:43”

And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. STAT. XXXV. Verse 42. PUNON.] A place in Idumea. Nowhere else mentioned. 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 42. Zalmonah Probably Wady Ithm, which runs into the Arabah close … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:42”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:41”

And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 40. A fragmentary statement strangely inserted, perhaps originally as a marginal note by a scribe. See on Num 21:1-3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Ver. 40-44. And King … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:40”

And Aaron [was] a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 39. Aaron’s age is calculated by adding forty years to his age at the Exodus (Exo 7:7). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And Aaron was one hundred and twenty three years old when he died … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:39”

And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first [day] of the fifth month. 38. See on Num 20:22. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:38”

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. STAT. XXXIII. Verse 37. HOR.] Famous for the death of Aaron. See on Nu 20:25-28. Perhaps Moseroth or Mosera, Nu 33:30, was a village near this mountain. See Clarke on Nu 33:30. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:37”