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Numbers 33:21

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They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 21

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. 21

נָסַע (nâçaʻ, H5265) — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney לִבְנָה (Libnâh, H3841) — Libnah, a place in the Desert and one in Palestine חָנָה (chânâh, H2583) — properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening);… רִסָּה (Riççâh, H7446) — Rissah, a place in the Desert

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Deuteronomy 1:1rank 2

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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