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Numbers 33:37

EsauEdomKadeshMount Hor

35 They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

36 They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.

38 At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.

39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

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BSB
They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
KJV
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
WEB
They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
ASV
And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
DARBY
And they removed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the border of the land of Edom.
BLB
And they set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the boundary of the land of Edom.
ÅB
Og de dro fra Kades og leiret seg ved fjellet Hor på grensen av Edoms land.
OTB
De reiste fra Kadesj og slo leir ved fjellet Hor, på kanten av Edoms land.
B1930
Og de drog fra Kades og leiret sig ved fjellet Hor på grensen av Edoms land.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 21:4

    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

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  • Numbers 20:22–23

    After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.

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  • Numbers 20:16

    and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

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