Numbers 33:41-49 NLT,NIV,ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 33:1-49

This is a review and brief rehearsal of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It was a memorable history and well worthy to be thus abridged, and the abridgment thus preserved, to the honour of God that led them and for the encouragement of the generations that followed. Observe here, I. How the account was kept: Moses wrote their goings out, Num. 33:2. When they began this tedious march, God ordered him to keep a journal or diary, and to insert in it all the remarkable... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:40-44

And King Arad the Canaanite ,.... Or the king of Arad the Canaanite: which dwelt in the land of Canaan, he heard of the coming of the children of Israel ; towards the land of Canaan, in order to possess it, and he came out and fought with them, and was vanquished; see Numbers 21:1 , this was when Israel was at Mount Hor; from whence they departed to Zalmonah, twenty eight miles from the mount; and from thence to Punon, which was twenty more; and so to Oboth, which was twenty four miles... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:45

And they departed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibongad. Sixteen miles from Ijim; the remove from whence is said to be to the valley of Zared, Numbers 21:12 in which Dibongad was, so called perhaps because rebuilt by Gad afterwards. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:46

And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. Sixteen miles from Dibon, perhaps the same with Diblath, Ezekiel 6:14 , according to the account in Numbers 21:16 , &c.; they went from hence to Beer, a place where they found a well, which gave it this name; and several other removes are mentioned there, which are not here, and which, perhaps, were small removes, and not properly stations. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:47

And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim ,.... Sixteen miles from Almondiblathaim; these were so called from passages near them over the river Jordan: and this station was pitched before Nebo ; one of those mountains, whither Moses went up and died. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:48

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab ,.... Sixteen miles from Abarim, where all those things were transacted, which make the history of Balak and Balaam, Numbers 22:1 and where the Israelites now were by Jordan near Jericho; not on that side Jordan where Jericho stood, but on the other; Jericho, according to Eusebius, was ten miles from Bethjesimoth, where Israel now were, as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:49

And they pitched by Jordan from Bethjesimoth, even unto Abelshittim, in the plains of Moab. Their camp reached twelve miles, as the Jews commonly say, which we may suppose was the distance of these two places, which were both in the plains of Moab; and the Jerusalem Targum is express for it, for mentioning Israel's encampment from Bethjesimoth to Abelshittim, it asks, how far is that? twelve miles: the latter is sometimes called Shittim, from the shittim wood which grew there, Numbers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 33:41

Zalmonah - Probably in the neighborhood of the land of Edom. As צלם tselem signifies an image, this place probably had its name from the brazen serpent set up by Moses. See Numbers 21:9 ; (note), etc. From the same root the word telesm , corruptly called talisman, which signifies a consecrated image, is derived. Stat. 35. read more

Adam Clarke