Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Parallel translations
- WEB Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
- KJV And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
- BSB After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- NKJV And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- NASB Afterward, however, the people moved on from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
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Quick answer
The people journey on and camp in the wilderness of Paran. The narrative sets the stage for the spies sent into Canaan.
Overview
After Miriam's restoration, Israel travels to the wilderness of Paran. The geographic note prepares for the pivotal account of the twelve spies and the people's coming failure of faith. The journey continues toward the land God promised.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Num 11:35From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.
- Num 33:18They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
- Num 10:12The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.
- Gen 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Num 13:3Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh. All them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.
- 1 Sam 25:1Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- Num 13:26They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
- Hab 3:3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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