Numbers 33:1-56

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:38

In the fortieth year … in the first day of the fifth month. This is the only place where the date of Aaron's death is given. It is in strict accordance with the Divine intimation that Israel was to wander forty years in the wilderness ( Numbers 14:33 , Numbers 14:34 ), that period being understood, according to the usual mercy of God, which shortens the days of evil, to include the time already spent in the wilderness. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:39

An hundred and twenty and three years old. He had been eighty-three years old when he first stood before Pharaoh, forty years before ( Exodus 7:7 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:40

And king Arad … heard of the coming. See on Numbers 21:1 . The introduction of this notice, for which there seems no motive, and which has no assignable connection with the context, is extremely perplexing. It is not simply a fragment which has slipped in by what we call accident (like Deuteronomy 10:6 , Deuteronomy 10:7 ), for the longer statement in Numbers 21:1-3 occupies the same position in the historical narrative immediately after the death of Aaron. It is difficult to suppose... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:41

Zalmonah. This place is not elsewhere mentioned, and cannot be identified. Either this or Punon may be the encampment where the brazen serpent was set up; according to the Targum of Palestine it was the latter. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:42

Punon. Perhaps connected with the Pinon of Genesis 36:41 . The Septuagint has φινώ , and it is identified by Eusebius and Jerome with Phaeno, a place between Petra and Zoar where convicts were sent to labour in the mines. Probably, however, the march of the Israelites lay further to the east, inasmuch as they scrupulously abstained from trespassing upon Edom. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:44

Oboth … Ije-abarim. See on Numbers 21:11 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:45

Dibon-gad. This encampment may have been the same as that previously called by the name of Nabaliel or Bamoth ( Numbers 21:19 , and see on Numbers 33:34 ). Several stages are here passed over in the Itinerary. At a time when the conquest and partial occupation of large districts was going on, it would be hard to say what regular stages were made by the host as such (see note at end of chapter). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:46

Almon-diblathaim. Probably the same as the Beth-diblathaim mentioned in Jeremiah 48:22 as a Moabitish town contignous to Dibon, Nebo, and Kiriathaim. The name, which signifies "hiding-place of the two circles" or "cakes," was doubtless due either to some local legend, or more probably to the fanciful interpretation of some peculiar feature in the landscape. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:47

The mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. The same locality is called "the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward the waste," in Numbers 21:20 (see note there, and at Numbers 27:12 ). Nebo is the name of a town here, as in Numbers 32:3 , Numbers 32:38 , and in the later books; in Deuteronomy ( Deuteronomy 32:49 ; Deuteronomy 34:1 ) it is the name of the mountain, here included in the general designation Abarim. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:48

In the plains of Moab. See on Numbers 22:1 . read more

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