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Numbers 10:33-36

Listen to Numbers 10:33-36
33 So they set out from 1the mount of the Lord three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days’ journey, to seek out 2a resting place for them.
34 3And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.
35 And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, 4“Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you. ”
36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel. ”

Numbers 10:33-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.

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Cross References 4

  • 1. 10:33 See Ex. 3:1
  • 2. 10:33 Ps. 132:8; Jer. 31:2
  • 3. 10:34 See Ex. 13:21
  • 4. 10:35 Ps. 68:1, 2
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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