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They left Chashmonah and camped in Moseroth.
Vayis'u meChashmonah vayachanu beMoserot. |
| 33:31 |
They left Moseroth and camped in Beney Yaakan.
Vayis'u miMoserot vayachanu biVney Ya'akan. |
| 33:32 |
They left Beney Yaakan and camped in Chor HaGidgad.
Vayis'u miBney Ya'akan vayachanu beChor haGidgad. |
| 33:33 |
They left Chor HaGidgad and camped in Yatvathah.
Vayis'u meChor haGidgad vayachanu beYotvatah. |
| 33:34 |
They left Yatvathah and camped in Avronah.
Vayis'u miYotvatah vayachanu be'Avronah. |
| 33:35 |
They left Avronah and camped in Etzyon Gever.
Vayis'u me'Avronah vayachanu be'Etsiyon Gaver. |
| 33:36 |
They left Etzyon Gever and camped in Kadesh in the Tzin Desert.
Vayis'u me'Etsiyon Gaver vayachanu vemidbar-Tsin hi Kadesh. |
| 33:37 |
They left Kadesh and camped at Hor Mountain at the edge of the land of Edom.
Vayis'u miKadesh vayachanu beHor hahar biktseh erets Edom. |
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Commentary:
Moseroth
From the word mussar, 'chastisement.' It is thus seen as a place of chastisement or rebellion (Targum Yonathan; see Targum on 1 Samuel 20:30). In Deuteronomy 10:6 we find the Israelites going from Beney Yaakan to Moserah; and according to tradition, the Israelites returned as far as Moserah after Aaron's death. This was an act of rebellion, and a large number of Israelites were killed (Yerushalmi, Yoma 2:2, 2a; see note on Numbers 26:12). Some say that Aaron was buried in Moserah (Malbim on 20:29).
| Beney Yaakan
Beeroth Beney Yaakan, 'Wells of the Sons of Yaakan' in Deuteronomy 10:6; Banaea in Septuagint. Yaakan was a Horite; see Genesis 36:27, 1 Chronicles 1:42. Others render this, 'wells of distress' (Targum Yonathan), or 'wells of the narrow pass' (Commentary on Targum Yonathan). Possibly Beeroth Oded in the Sinai.
| Chor HaGidgad
'Hole of Gidgad,' or 'Clefts of Gidgad' (Targum Yonathan). Gudgad in Deuteronomy 10:7. The Septuagint had 'Gadgad Mountain.'
| Yatvathah
Yatbah in Deuteronomy 10:7, a place described as having flowing brooks. It is rendered, 'a good, calm place' (Targum Yonathan).
| Avronah
This is translated as a 'river crossing' or 'ford,' megisathah in Aramaic (Targum Yonathan; cf. Targum on 21:11, Jeremiah 22:20). This may be where they crossed the Aravah wadi on the way to Elath (cf. Deuteronomy 2:8).
| Etzyon Gever
'Rooster's Crow!' K'rakh Tarngul in Aramaic (Targum Yonathan; Commentary ad loc.) or, 'Rooster City.' It is a town on the Gulf of Aqaba (cf. 1 Kings 22:49, 2 Chronicles 8:17), some 2 miles east of Elath (cf. Deuteronomy 2:8, 1 Kings 9:26). The Israelites therefore had headed south from Kadesh Barnea to the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba.
| Kadesh...
This is where Miriam died (Numbers 20:1). They arrived there on 1 Nissan, 2484 (March 17, 1273 b.c.e.), or according to some, 10 Nissan (March 26), see note on Numbers 20:1. According to some, however, it was in this Kadesh that they remained for 19 years (Ibn Ezra on Numbers 20:1). Therefore they would have arrived here in 2468. The Israelites were now heading north again.
| Hor Mountain
See Numbers 20:22,26, 21:4. Also see Numbers, 34:6.
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