Numbers 10:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן הֶעָנָ֖ן בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃

Transliteration

And-wayyisʿû bәnê-Yiśrāʾēl according-to-masʿêhem from-midbar Sînāy and-wayyiškōn the-ʿānān in-midbar Pāʾrān.

Grammar Details

*wayyisʿû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they journeyed
*bәnê*: masculine plural noun construct - sons/children of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*masʿêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their journeys/stages
*midbar*: masculine singular noun construct - wilderness/desert of
*Sînāy*: proper noun - Sinai
*wayyiškōn*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it settled
*ʿānān*: masculine singular noun - cloud
*Pāʾrān*: proper noun - Paran

Word Meanings

*wayyisʿû*: and they journeyed/set out/traveled
*bәnê*: children/descendants/sons
*masʿêhem*: their journeys/stages/setting-out
*midbar*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*wayyiškōn*: and it settled/rested/stayed

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Referenced Verses

Gen 21:21 : 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Num 12:16 : 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Num 13:3 : 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Num 13:26 : 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Exod 19:1-2 : 1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Deut 1:1 : 1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Num 1:1 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Num 9:5 : 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Num 9:1 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Deut 1:19 : 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
1 Sam 25:1 : 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
Exod 40:36-37 : 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Exod 13:20 : 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Num 33:15-16 : 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 12:16
81%
16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Num 9:17-23
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78%
17And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
20And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
21And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
23At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Exod 40:36-38
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78%
36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
37But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Num 10:13
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13And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Num 10:11
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11And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
Num 10:28
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28Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
Exod 19:1-2
2 verses
75%
1In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Num 33:15-17
3 verses
74%
15And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
16And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
17And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
Exod 13:20-21
2 verses
73%
20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exod 16:1
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1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Num 10:33-34
2 verses
73%
33And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
Deut 1:2
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2( There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
Num 33:11-12
2 verses
72%
11And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
12And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
Num 33:1
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1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Num 20:22
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22And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
Deut 2:1
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1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Judg 11:16
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16But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Num 13:3
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3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Num 33:8
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8And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Deut 1:19
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19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
Num 33:42
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42And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
Num 33:36
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36And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Deut 1:40
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40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Num 22:1
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1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Exod 13:18
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18But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Judg 11:18
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18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
Num 21:10
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10And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Gen 14:6
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6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Deut 1:33
69%
33Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.