Numbers 10 · Verse 35

Numbers 10:35

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Numbers 10:35, King James Version

Numbers 10:35 in other translations

BSBWhenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
WEBWhen the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”
ASVAnd it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, ‘Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.'
DARBYAnd it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face.
BBEAnd when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, when the ark moved forward, that Moses said, Arise, LORD, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

What does Numbers 10:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 10:35-36
35-36. when the ark set forward that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered--Moses, as the organ of the people, uttered an appropriate prayer both at the commencement and the end of each journey. Thus all the journeys were sanctified by devotion; and so should our prayer be, "If thy presence go not with us, carry us not hence" [Ex 33:15].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered - If God did not arise in this way and scatter his enemies, there could be no hope that Israel could get safely through the wilderness. God must go first, if Israel would wish to follow in safety.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:33-36

Their going out and coming in, gives an example to us to begin and end every day's journey and every day's work with prayer. Here is Moses's prayer when the ark set forward, "Rise up, and let thine enemies be scattered." There are those in the world who are enemies to God and haters of him; secret and open enemies; enemies to his truths, his laws, his ordinances, his people. But for the scattering and defeating of…

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Numbers 10:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֛יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בִּנְסֹ֥עַbin.So.a'when set outH5265
הָאָרֹ֖ןha.'a.Ronthe arkH727
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
קוּמָ֣ה\׀ku.Mahrise up !H6965
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
וְיָפֻ֙צוּ֙ve.ya.Fu.tzuso they may be scatteredH6327
אֹֽיְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaenemies yourH341
וְיָנֻ֥סוּve.ya.Nu.suand they may fleeH5127
מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָme.san.'Ei.kha[those who] hate youH8130
מִפָּנֶֽיךָ\׃mi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440

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Cross references for Numbers 10:35

  • Psalms 68:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • Deuteronomy 7:10

    And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

  • Psalms 132:8

    Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

  • Deuteronomy 32:41

    If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

  • Isaiah 17:12-14

    Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rise up, Lord.
Ps 68:1,2; 132:8; Isa 51:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 10:34

    And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

  • Numbers 10:35

    And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

  • Numbers 10:36

    And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.

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Numbers 10:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fué, que en moviendo el arca, Moisés decía: Levántate, Jehová, y sean disipados tus enemigos, y huyan de tu presencia los que te aborrecen.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arrivait qu’au départ de l’arche, Moïse disait: Lève-toi, Éternel! et que tes ennemis soient dispersés, et que ceux qui te haïssent s’enfuient devant toi!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah, wenn die Lade aufbrach, so sprach Mose: Stehe auf, Jehova, daß deine Feinde sich zerstreuen, und deine Hasser vor dir fliehen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque elevaretur arca, dicebat Moyses: Surge, Domine, et dissipentur inimici tui, et fugiant qui oderunt te, a facie tua.