King James Version
Numbers 33:37 in the King James Version says “And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.”
Numbers 33:37 · KJV
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they removed”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“and pitched”
H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
“of Edom”
H123edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
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