Numbers 33:42

And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
departed	וַיִּסְע֖וּ vai.yis.'U	H5265	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Zalmonah	מִצַּלְמֹנָ֑ה mi.tzal.mo.Nah	H6758	Tsalmonah · preposition + proper noun, a place name
pitched	וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu	H2583	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Punon	בְּפוּנֹֽן be.fu.Non	H6325	Punon · 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 33:40

And King Arad the Canaanite,.... Or the king of Arad the Canaanite: which dwelt in the land of Canaan, he heard of the coming of the children of Israel; towards the land of Canaan, in order to possess it, and he came out and fought with them, and was vanquished; see Numbers 21:1, this was when Israel was at Mount Hor; from whence they departed to Zalmonah, twenty eight miles from the mount; and from thence to Punon, which was twenty more; and so to Oboth, which was twenty four miles from Punon: and thence to Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab, which was sixteen miles, see Numbers 21:9.

John Calvin on Numbers 33:40-51

Numbers 33:40 40. And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 40. Audivit autem Chananaeus rex Arad (is vero habitabat in meridie in terra Chanaan) quum ingrederentur filii Israel. 40. And king Arad the Canaanite. Although Moses gives no account of a battle, yet he briefly revives the recollection of the previous history; as much as to say, that in this part of their journey the Israelites at length met with their enemy, since they then began to fight with one of the nations of Canaan. In a word, the meaning is, that this was the beginning of their warfare, when the land which God had promised them as an inhe…

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The Church Fathers

From here now we come to Punon, which we suppose is interpreted "sparingness of mouth." For he who has been able to gaze upon the mystery concerning Christ and concerning the Holy Spirit, and whether he has seen or heard those things which it is not lawful for men to speak, will of necessity have sparingness of mouth, knowing to whom and when and how one ought to speak of the divine mysteries.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27.12

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Dictionary and topics

Punon — (darkness) one of the halting-places of the Israelite host during the last portion of the wandering. (Numbers 33:42,43) By Eusebius and Jerome, it is identified with Phaeno, which contained the…
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…
Zalmonah — Shady, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:41, 42).
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · To Punon — To Punon
Punon · A — A
Zalmonah · One of the — One of the

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 33:42

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

John Gill on Numbers 33:40

John Calvin on Numbers 33:40-51

The Church Fathers

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Numbers 33:42

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

John Gill on Numbers 33:40

John Calvin on Numbers 33:40-51

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 33:1-49

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 33:42-49

Rashi on Numbers 33:40