Numbers 10 · Verse 36

Numbers 10:36

And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Numbers 10:36, King James Version

Numbers 10:36 in other translations

BSBAnd when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
WEBWhen it rested, he said, “Return, LORD, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
ASVAnd when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
YLTAnd in its resting he saith, ‘Return, O Jehovah, to the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'
DARBYAnd when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.
BBEAnd when it came to rest, he said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.
WebsterAnd when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.

What does Numbers 10:36 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].

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel - These were the words spoken by Moses, at the moment the divisions halted in order to pitch their tents. In reference to this subject, and the history with which it is connected, the 68th Psalm seems to have been composed, though applied by David to the bringing the ark from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem. See the notes on Psalm 68 (note). Many thousands, literally the ten thousand thousands. Unless the ark went with them, and the cloud of the Divine glory with it, they could have neither direction nor safety; unless the ark rested with them, and the cloud of glory with it, they could have neither rest nor comfort. How necessary are the word of God and the Spirit of God for the direction, comfort, and defense of every genuine follower of Christ! Reader, pray to God that thou mayest have both with thee through all the wilderness, through all the changes and chances of this mortal life: if thou be guided by his counsel, thou shalt be at last received into his glory.

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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 10:36 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנֻחֹ֖הu.ve.nu.Chohand when rested itH5117
יֹאמַ֑רyo.Marhe saidH559
שׁוּבָ֣הshu.Vahreturn !H7725
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
רִֽבְב֖וֹתri.Vot[the] ten thousands ofH7233
אַלְפֵ֥י'al.Fei[the] families ofH505
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \׆\ \סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 10:36

  • Deuteronomy 1:10

    The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  • Psalms 90:13-17

    Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. …

  • Isaiah 63:17

    O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

  • Genesis 24:60

    And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Return, O Lord.
Ps 90:13-17
many thousands of Israel. Heb. ten thousand thousands.
Ge 24:60; De 1:10

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

Context

  • 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 10:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando ella asentaba, decía: Vuelve, Jehová, á los millares de millares de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quand elle se reposait, il disait: Reviens, Éternel, aux 10 000 milliers d’Israël!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn sie ruhte, so sprach er: Kehre wieder, Jehova, zu den Myriaden der Tausende Israels!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum autem deponeretur, aiebat: Revertere, Domine, ad multitudinem exercitus Israël.