Numbers 33:8 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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⁸ And they departed ^H5265 from before ^H6440 Pihahiroth, ^H6367 and passed through ^H5674 the midst ^H8432 of the sea ^H3220 into the wilderness, ^H4057 and went ^H3212 three ^H7969 days' ^H3117 journey ^H1870 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Etham, ^H864 and pitched ^H2583 in Marah. ^H4785

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Exodus 14:21-31 STRONG

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And Moses ^H4872 stretched out ^H5186 his hand ^H3027 over the sea; ^H3220 and the LORD ^H3068 caused the sea ^H3220 to go ^H3212 back by a strong ^H5794 east ^H6921 wind ^H7307 all that night, ^H3915 and made ^H7760 the sea ^H3220 dry ^H2724 land, and the waters ^H4325 were divided. ^H1234 And the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 went ^H935 into the midst ^H8432 of the sea ^H3220 upon the dry ^H3004 ground: and the waters ^H4325 were a wall ^H2346 unto them on their right hand, ^H3225 and on their left. ^H8040 And the Egyptians ^H4714 pursued, ^H7291 and went in ^H935 after ^H310 them to the midst ^H8432 of the sea, ^H3220 even all Pharaoh's ^H6547 horses, ^H5483 his chariots, ^H7393 and his horsemen. ^H6571 And it came to pass, that in the morning ^H1242 watch ^H821 the LORD ^H3068 looked ^H8259 unto the host ^H4264 of the Egyptians ^H4714 through the pillar ^H5982 of fire ^H784 and of the cloud, ^H6051 and troubled ^H2000 the host ^H4264 of the Egyptians, ^H4714 And took off ^H5493 their chariot ^H4818 wheels, ^H212 that they drave ^H5090 them heavily: ^H3517 so that the Egyptians ^H4714 said, ^H559 Let us flee ^H5127 from the face ^H6440 of Israel; ^H3478 for the LORD ^H3068 fighteth ^H3898 for them against the Egyptians. ^H4714 And the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 unto Moses, ^H4872 Stretch out ^H5186 thine hand ^H3027 over the sea, ^H3220 that the waters ^H4325 may come again ^H7725 upon the Egyptians, ^H4714 upon their chariots, ^H7393 and upon their horsemen. ^H6571 And Moses ^H4872 stretched forth ^H5186 his hand ^H3027 over the sea, ^H3220 and the sea ^H3220 returned ^H7725 to his strength ^H386 when the morning ^H1242 appeared; ^H6437 and the Egyptians ^H4714 fled ^H5127 against ^H7125 it; and the LORD ^H3068 overthrew ^H5287 the Egyptians ^H4714 in the midst ^H8432 of the sea. ^H3220 And the waters ^H4325 returned, ^H7725 and covered ^H3680 the chariots, ^H7393 and the horsemen, ^H6571 and all the host ^H2428 of Pharaoh ^H6547 that came ^H935 into the sea ^H3220 after ^H310 them; there remained ^H7604 not so much as ^H5704 one ^H259 of them. But the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 walked ^H1980 upon dry ^H3004 land in the midst ^H8432 of the sea; ^H3220 and the waters ^H4325 were a wall ^H2346 unto them on their right hand, ^H3225 and on their left. ^H8040 Thus the LORD ^H3068 saved ^H3467 Israel ^H3478 that day ^H3117 out of the hand ^H3027 of the Egyptians; ^H4714 and Israel ^H3478 saw ^H7200 the Egyptians ^H4714 dead ^H4191 upon the sea ^H3220 shore. ^H8193 And Israel ^H3478 saw ^H7200 that great ^H1419 work ^H3027 which the LORD ^H3068 did ^H6213 upon the Egyptians: ^H4714 and the people ^H5971 feared ^H3372 the LORD, ^H3068 and believed ^H539 the LORD, ^H3068 and his servant ^H5650 Moses. ^H4872

Exodus 15:22-26 STRONG

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So Moses ^H4872 brought ^H5265 Israel ^H3478 from the Red ^H5488 sea, ^H3220 and they went out ^H3318 into the wilderness ^H4057 of Shur; ^H7793 and they went ^H3212 three ^H7969 days ^H3117 in the wilderness, ^H4057 and found ^H4672 no water. ^H4325 And when they came ^H935 to Marah, ^H4785 they could ^H3201 not drink ^H8354 of the waters ^H4325 of Marah, ^H4785 for they were bitter: ^H4751 therefore the name ^H8034 of it was called ^H7121 Marah. ^H4785 And the people ^H5971 murmured ^H3885 against Moses, ^H4872 saying, ^H559 What shall we drink? ^H8354 And he cried ^H6817 unto the LORD; ^H3068 and the LORD ^H3068 shewed ^H3384 him a tree, ^H6086 which when he had cast ^H7993 into the waters, ^H4325 the waters ^H4325 were made sweet: ^H4985 there he made ^H7760 for them a statute ^H2706 and an ordinance, ^H4941 and there he proved ^H5254 them, And said, ^H559 If thou wilt diligently ^H8085 hearken ^H8085 to the voice ^H6963 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 and wilt do ^H6213 that which is right ^H3477 in his sight, ^H5869 and wilt give ear ^H238 to his commandments, ^H4687 and keep ^H8104 all his statutes, ^H2706 I will put ^H7760 none of these diseases ^H4245 upon thee, which I have brought ^H7760 upon the Egyptians: ^H4714 for I am the LORD ^H3068 that healeth ^H7495 thee.

Commentary on Numbers 33 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 33

In this chapter we have,

I. A particular account of the removals and encampments of the children of Israel, from their escape out of Egypt to their entrance into Canaan, forty-two in all, with some remarkable events that happened at some of those places (v. 1-49).
II. A strict command given them to drive out all the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which they were not going to conquer and take possession of (v. 50-56). So that the former part of the chapter looks back upon their march through the wilderness, the latter looks forward to their settlement in Canaan.

Num 33:1-49

This is a review and brief rehearsal of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It was a memorable history and well worthy to be thus abridged, and the abridgment thus preserved, to the honour of God that led them and for the encouragement of the generations that followed. Observe here,

I. How the account was kept: Moses wrote their goings out, v. 2. When they began this tedious march, God ordered him to keep a journal or diary, and to insert in it all the remarkable occurrences of their way, that it might be a satisfaction to himself in the review and an instruction to others when it should be published. It may be of good use to private Christians, but especially to those in public stations, to preserve in writing an account of the providences of God concerning them, the constant series of mercies they have experienced, especially those turns and changes which have made some days of their lives more remarkable. Our memories are deceitful and need this help, that we may remember all the way which the Lord our God has led us in this wilderness, Deu. 8:2.
II. What the account itself was. It began with their departure out of Egypt, continued with their march through the wilderness, and ended in the plains of Moab, where they now lay encamped.
- 1. Some things are observed here concerning their departure out of Egypt, which they are reminded of upon all occasions, as a work of wonder never to be forgotten.
  - (1.) That they went forth with their armies (v. 1), rank and file, as an army with banners.
  - (2.) Under the hand of Moses and Aaron, their guides, overseers, and rulers, under God.
  - (3.) With a high hand, because God's hand was high that wrought for them, and in the sight of all the Egyptians, v. 3. They did not steal away clandestinely (Isa. 52:12), but in defiance of their enemies, to whom God had made them such a burdensome stone that they neither could, nor would, nor durst, oppose them.
  - (4.) They went forth while the Egyptians were burying, or at least preparing to bury, their first-born, v. 4. They had a mind good enough, or rather bad enough, still to have detained the Israelites their prisoners, but God found them other work to do. They would have God's first-born buried alive, but God set them a burying their own first-born.
  - (5.) To all the plagues of Egypt it is added here that on their gods also the Lord executed judgments. Their idols which they worshipped, it is probable, were broken down, as Dagon afterwards before the ark, so that they could not consult them about this great affair. To this perhaps there is reference, Isa. 19:1, The idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence.
- 2. Concerning their travels towards Canaan. Observe,
  - (1.) They were continually upon the remove. When they had pitched a little while in one place they departed from that to another. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city.
  - (2.) Most of their way lay through a wilderness, uninhabited, untracked, unfurnished even with the necessaries of human life, which magnifies the wisdom and power of God, by whose wonderful conduct and bounty the thousands of Israel not only subsisted for forty years in that desolate place, but came out at least as numerous and vigorous as they went in. At first they pitched in the edge of the wilderness (v. 6), but afterwards in the heart of it; by less difficulties God prepares his people for greater. We find them in the wilderness of Etham (v. 8), of Sin (v. 11), of Sinai, v. 15. Our removals in this world are but from one wilderness to another.
  - (3.) They were led to and fro, forward and backward, as in a maze or labyrinth, and yet were all the while under the direction of the pillar of cloud and fire. He led them about (Deu. 32:10), and yet led them the right way, Ps. 107:7. The way which God takes in bringing his people to himself is always the best way, though it does not always seem to us the nearest way.
  - (4.) Some events are mentioned in this journal, as their want of water at Rephidim (v. 14), the death of Aaron (v. 38, 39), the insult of Arad (v. 40); and the very name of Kibroth-hattaavah-the graves of lusts (v. 16), has a story depending upon it. Thus we ought to keep in mind the providences of God concerning us and our families, us and our land, and the many instances of that divine care which has led us, and fed us, and kept us, all our days hitherto. Shittim, the place where the people sinned in the matter of Peor (ch. 25:1), is here called Abel-shittim. Abel signifies mourning (as Gen. 50:11), and probably this place was so called from the mourning of the good people of Israel on account of that sin and of God's wrath against them for it. It was so great a mourning that it gave a name to the place.

Num 33:50-56

While the children of Israel were in the wilderness their total separation from all other people kept them out of the way of temptation to idolatry, and perhaps this was one thing intended by their long confinement in the wilderness, that thereby the idols of Egypt might be forgotten, and the people aired (as it were) and purified from that infection, and the generation that entered Canaan might be such as never knew those depths of Satan. But now that they were to pass over Jordan they were entering again into that temptation, and therefore,

1. They are here strictly charged utterly to destroy all remnants of idolatry. They must not only drive out the inhabitants of the land, that they may possess their country, but they must deface all their idolatrous pictures and images, and pull down all their high places, v. 52. They must not preserve any of them, no, not as monuments of antiquity to gratify the curious, nor as ornaments of their houses, nor toys for their children to play with, but they must destroy all, both in token of their abhorrence and detestation of idolatry and to prevent their being tempted to worship those images, and the false gods represented by them, or to worship the God of Israel by such images or representations.
2. They were assured that, if they did so, God would by degrees put them in full possession of the land of promise, v. 53, 54. If they would keep themselves pure from the idols of Canaan, God would enrich them with the wealth of Canaan. Learn not their way, and then fear not their power.
3. They were threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, they should be beaten with their own rod and their sin would certainly be their punishment.
- (1.) They would foster snakes in their own bosoms, v. 55. The remnant of the Canaanites, if they made any league with them, though it were but a cessation of arms, would be pricks in their eyes and thorns in their sides, that is, they would be upon all occasions vexatious to them, insulting them, robbing them, and, to the utmost of their power, making mischief among them. We must expect trouble and affliction from that, whatever it is, which we sinfully indulge; that which we are willing should tempt us we shall find will vex us.
- (2.) The righteous God would turn that wheel upon the Israelites which was to have crushed the Canaanites: I shall do to you as I thought to do unto them, v. 56. It was intended that the Canaanites should be dispossessed; but if the Israelites fell in with them, and learned their way, they should be dispossessed, for God's displeasure would justly be greater against them than against the Canaanites themselves. Let us hear this, and fear. If we do not drive sin out, sin will drive us out; if we be not the death of our lusts, our lusts will be the death of our souls.

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