King James Version
Numbers 33:42 in the King James Version says “And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.”
Numbers 33:42 · KJV
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab. Ijeabarim: or, heaps of Abarim
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they departed”
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
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