Numbers 9:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

At 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־פִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ יַחֲנ֔וּ וְעַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה יִסָּ֑עוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת יְהוָה֙ שָׁמָ֔רוּ עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פ

Transliteration

Upon pî YHWH yaḥănû and upon pî YHWH yissāʿû ʾeṯ-mišmereṯ YHWH šāmārû upon pî YHWH by yaḏ-Mōšeh.

Grammar Details

*pî*: common noun, masculine singular construct - mouth/command of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*yaḥănû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they camped
*yissāʿû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they set out
*ʾeṯ-mišmereṯ*: direct object marker + common noun, feminine singular construct - charge/obligation of
*šāmārû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they kept
*yaḏ-Mōšeh*: common noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - hand of Moses

Word Meanings

*ʿal-pî*: according to command of/by order of/at the bidding of
*mišmereṯ*: charge/obligation/requirement/duty
*bəyaḏ-Mōšeh*: by the hand of Moses/through Moses/by Moses' agency

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 9:19 : 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Josh 22:3 : 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
Ezek 44:8 : 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Zech 3:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
Gen 26:5 : 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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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.
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