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Numbers 10:36

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34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
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BSB
And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
KJV
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
WEB
When it rested, he said, “Return, LORD, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
ASV
And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
DARBY
And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.
BLB
And in its resting he said, “Return, O YHWH, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.”
ÅB
Og når den hvilte, sa han: Kom tilbake, Herre, til Israels titusen tusener!
[^1]: 4MO 10, 17.
OTB
Hver gang den kom til ro, sa han: "Vend tilbake, Herre, til Israels mange tusener."
B1930
Og når den hvilte, sa han: Kom tilbake, Herre, til Israels titusen tusener!

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 1:10

    The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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  • Psalms 90:13–17

    Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

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  • Isaiah 63:17

    O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

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  • Genesis 24:60

    And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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