Numbers 33:20

And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
departed	וַיִּסְע֖וּ vai.yis.'U	H5265	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Rimmon-parez	מֵרִמֹּ֣ן me.ri.Mon	H7428	Rimmon-Perets · preposition + proper noun, a place name
pitched	וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu	H2583	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Libnah	בְּלִבְנָֽה be.liv.Nah	H3841	Libnah · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

Rimmon-parez, or Rimmon--a city of Judah and Simeon (Jos 15:32); Libnah, so called from its white poplars (Jos 10:29), or, as some think, a white hill between Kadesh and Gaza (Jos 10:29); Rissah (El-arish); mount Shapher (Cassius); Moseroth, adjacent to mount Hor, in Wady Mousa. Ezion-geber, near Akaba, a seaport on the western shore of the Elanitic gulf; Wilderness of Zin, on the east side of the peninsula of Sinai; Punon, in the rocky ravines of mount Hor and famous for the mines and quarries in its vicinity as well as for its fruit trees, now Tafyle, on the border of Edom; Abarim, a ridge of rugged hills northwest of the Arnon--the part called Nebo was one of its highest peaks--opposite J…

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John Gill on Numbers 33:19

And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. Six miles from Rithmah, and then from Rimmon to Libnah, which was six miles also; and from thence to Rissah, which was six miles more; and from Rissah to, Kehelathah, which was the same number of miles; and from thence to Shapher, which was six miles also; and then they came to Haradah, which was four miles from thence; the next remove was to Makheloth, which was four miles and a half from the last place; then they went to Tahath, which was four miles more; and from thence to Tarah, which also was four miles; the next place they came to was Mithcah, four miles from Tarah; and then to Hashmonah, which was eight miles more.

John Calvin on Numbers 33:1-37

Numbers 33:1-56 1. These 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. 1. Istae sunt profectiones filiorum Israel, qui egressi sunt e terra Egypti, per exercitus suos, per manum Mosis et Aharon. 2. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 2. Scripsit autem Moses egressus eorum per profectiones eorum juxta sermonem Jehovae: istae, inquam, sunt profectiones eorum per egressus eorum. 3. And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the mo…

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The Church Fathers

After these things one comes to Libnah, which is interpreted "whitening." I know that in other places whitening is set down blameworthily, as when it is said "whitewashed wall" and "whitewashed tombs." But here that whitening is meant, of which the prophet says: "You shall wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow"; and again Isaiah: "If your sins be as scarlet, I will whiten them as snow, and make them white as wool"; and likewise in the psalm: "They shall be whitened with snow in Salmon"; and the hairs of the Ancient of days are said to be white, that is, white as wool. So therefore this whitening is to be understood as coming from the splendor of the true light and as descending from the brightness of heavenly visions.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27.12

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Dictionary and topics

Laban — White. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage,…
Libnah — Transparency; whiteness. (1.) One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:20, 21). (2.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (Josh. 10:29-32; 12:15). It…
Rimmon — Pomegranate. (1.) A man of Beeroth (2 Sam. 4:2), one of the four Gibeonite cities. (See Josh. 9:17.) (2.) A Syrian idol, mentioned only in 2 Kings 5:18. (3.) One of the “uttermost cities” of Judah,…
Rimmon-parez — A pomegranate breach, or Rimmon of the breach, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:19, 20).
Wandering — Of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num. 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · To Libnah or Laban — To Libnah or Laban
Libnah · 1. A station of the Israelites in the — 1. A station of the Israelites in the
Rimmon-Parez · A — A

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Numbers 33:20

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

John Gill on Numbers 33:19

John Calvin on Numbers 33:1-37

The Church Fathers

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Numbers 33:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

John Gill on Numbers 33:19

John Calvin on Numbers 33:1-37

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 33:1-49

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 33:18-30

Rashi on Numbers 33:18