Numbers 33 · Verse 12

Numbers 33:12

And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
Numbers 33:12, King James Version

Numbers 33:12 in other translations

BSBThey set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
WEBThey traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
ASVAnd they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
YLTand they journey from the wilderness of Sin, and encamp in Dophkah.
DARBYAnd they removed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
BBEAnd they went on from the waste land of Sin, and put up their tents in Dophkah.
WebsterAnd they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

What does Numbers 33:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:12-14
12-14. Dophkah ... Alush ... Rephidim--These three stations, in the great valleys of El Sheikh and Feiran, would be equivalent to four days' journey for such a host. Rephidim (Ex 17:6) was in Horeb, the burnt region--a generic name for a hot, mountainous country. [See on Ex 17:1.]

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Dophkah - This place is not mentioned in Exodus and its situation is not known. Stat. 9.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 33:1-49

This is a brief review of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It is a memorable history. In their travels towards Canaan they were continually on the remove. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city, and all our removes in this world are but from one part a desert to another. They were led to and fro, forward and backward, yet were all the while under the direction…

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Numbers 33:12 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.

וַיִּסְע֖וּvai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265
מִמִּדְבַּר\־mi.mid.bar-from [the] wilderness ofH4057
סִ֑יןSinSinH5512
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּדָפְקָֽה\׃be.da.fe.Kahat DophkaH1850

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

Context

  • Numbers 33:11

    And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

  • Numbers 33:12

    And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

  • Numbers 33:13

    And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

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Numbers 33:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y partidos del desierto de Sin, asentaron en Dophca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils partirent du désert de Sin, et campèrent à Dophka.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie brachen auf aus der Wüste Sin und lagerten sich in Dophka.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Unde egressi, venerunt in Daphca.