Numbers 12 · Verse 16

Numbers 12:16

And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16, King James Version

Numbers 12:16 in other translations

BSBAfter that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
WEBAfterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
ASVAnd afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
YLTand afterwards have the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran.
DARBYAnd afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
BBEAfter that, the people went on from Hazeroth and put up their tents in the waste land of Paran.
WebsterAnd afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

What does Numbers 12:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. pitched in the wilderness of Paran--The station of encampments seems to have been Rithma (Nu 33:19).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The wilderness of Paran - This could not be the same Paran with that mentioned Deu 1:1, for that was on the borders of the promised land, see the note on Deu 1:1, Deu 1:2; they were long near the borders of Canaan, and might have speedily entered into it, had it not been for their provocations and iniquities. They spent thirty-eight years in a journey which might have been accomplished in a few weeks! How many through their unfaithfulness have been many years in gaining that for which, in the ordinary procedure of Divine grace, a few days had been sufficient! How much ground may a man lose in the Divine life by one act of unfaithfulness or transgression! Israel wandered in the wilderness because Israel despised the pleasant land, and did not give credence to the word of the Lord. They would have a golden calf, and they had nothing but tribulation and woe in return.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 12:10-16

The cloud departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God goes, evil comes: expect no good when God departs. Her foul tongue, as Bishop Hall says, was justly punished with a foul face. Aaron, as priest, was judge of the leprosy. He could not pronounce her leprous without trembling, knowing himself to be equally guilty. But if she was thus punished for speaking against Moses, what will become of those who sin against…

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Numbers 12:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְאַחַ֛רve.'a.Charand afterH310
נָסְע֥וּna.se.'Uthey set outH5265
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
מֵחֲצֵר֑וֹתme.cha.tze.Rotfrom HazerothH2698
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּמִדְבַּ֥רbe.mid.Barin [the] wilderness ofH4057
פָּארָֽן\׃\ \פpa.RanParanH6290

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Cross references for Numbers 12:16

  • Numbers 11:35

    And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

  • Numbers 33:18

    And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

  • Numbers 10:12

    And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

  • Genesis 21:21

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

  • 1 Samuel 25:1

    And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

  • Numbers 13:3

    And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 13:26

    And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
afterward.
11:35; 33:18
Hazeroth.The exact situation of this place is unknown. Dr. Shaw computes it to be three days' journey, i.e., thirty miles from Sinai. From this passage, it appears that the wilderness of Paran commenced immediately upon their leaving this station. Calmet observes, that there is a town called Hazor in Arabia Petræa, in all probability the same as Hazerim, the ancient habitation of the Hivites (De 2:23); and likewise, according to all appearances, the Hazeroth, where the Hebrews encamped.
the wilderness.
10:12; 13:3,26; Ge 21:21; 1Sa 25:1; Hab 3:3

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Context

  • Numbers 12:15

    And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

  • Numbers 12:16

    And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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Numbers 12:16 in other languages

French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et après, le peuple partit de Hatséroth, et il campa au désert de Paran.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Danach aber brach das Volk von Hazeroth auf; und sie lagerten sich in der Wüste Paran.