John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 10:11
And it came to pass, on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year ,.... Which was the twentieth of the month Ijar, in the second year of the coming of the Israelites out of Egypt; who, as it appears from hence, compared with Exodus 19:1 ; had been in the wilderness of Sinai twelve months wanting ten days; so Jarchi and other Jewish writers F13 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 8. p. 23. Abarbinel, &c.; , with whom Aben Ezra agrees, who says it was near a year: that the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 10:11-28
Here is, I. A general account of the removal of the camp of Israel from mount Sinai, before which mountain it had lain now about a year, in which time and place a great deal of memorable business was done. Of this removal, it should seem, God gave them notice some time before (Deut. 1:6; 7): You have dwelt long enough in this mountain, turn you and take your journey towards the land of promise. The apostle tells us that mount Sinai genders to bondage (Gal. 4:24), and signifies the law there... read more