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Numbers 33:2

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At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 2

In this chapter God directs Moses, and he is to direct Israel, I. Concerning the bounds and borders of the land of Canaan (Num 34:1-15). II. Concerning the division and distribution of it to the tribes of Israel (Num 34:16, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 2

מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, H4872) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver כָּתַב (kâthab, H3789) — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) מוֹצָא (môwtsâʼ, H4161) — a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or… מַסַּע (maççaʻ, H4550) — a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's… פֶּה (peh, H6310) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);… יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

Deuteronomy 10:11rank 2

Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

Numbers 10:6rank 2

When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

Deuteronomy 1:2rank 2

It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.

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