At the Lord’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh. These are their journeys according to their goings out.
- KJV And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
- BSB At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
- NKJV Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lord. And these are their journeys according to their starting points:
- NASB Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the Lord, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.
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Quick answer
Moses wrote down the stages of the journey at the LORD's command. The itinerary is recorded by divine instruction, giving it lasting authority.
Overview
At God's direct command, Moses recorded the successive stages of Israel's travels. This note about authorship and inspiration shows that even a list of place-names is set down by the LORD's will for the instruction of His people. It testifies to the care with which God preserves the memory of His dealings, so that later generations might recall His faithfulness and learn from the journey.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Num 9:17–23Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.
- Deut 10:11Yahweh said to me, “Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them.”
- Deut 1:2It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
- Num 10:13They first went forward according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
- Num 10:6When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
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