Numbers 10:11

The Journey From Sinai to Kadesh

10:11 ¹ On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony. ² 

Numbers 10:33-34

10:33 So they traveled from the mountain of the Lord three days’ journey; ³  and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was traveling before them during the three days’ journey, to find a resting place for them. 10:34 ⁴  And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled ⁵  from the camp.

[10:11]  ¹ sn This section is somewhat mechanical: It begins with an introduction (vv. 11, 12), and then begins with Judah (vv. 13-17), followed by the rest of the tribes (vv. 18-27), and finally closes with a summary (v. 28). The last few verses (vv. 29-36) treat the departure of Hobab.

[10:11]  ² tc Smr inserts a lengthy portion from Deut 1:6-8, expressing the command for Israel to take the land from the Amorites.

[10:33]  ³ tn The phrase “a journey of three days” is made up of the adverbial accusative qualified with the genitives.

[10:34]  ⁴ tc The scribes sensed that there was a dislocation with vv. 34-36, and so they used the inverted letters nun (נ) as brackets to indicate this.

[10:34]  ⁵ tn The adverbial clause of time is composed of the infinitive construct with a temporal preposition and a suffixed subjective genitive.