Numbers 12:16 kjv
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16 nkjv
And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16 niv
After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.
Numbers 12:16 esv
After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16 nlt
Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12 16 Cross References
| Verse | Text | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Num 9:17 | "Whenever the cloud lifted... then the Israelites set out..." | Divine guidance through cloud leading journey |
| Num 10:11-13 | "In the second year... the cloud lifted... they set out from the Desert..." | Beginning of a major leg of journey, resuming travel |
| Num 10:33 | "So they set out from the mount of the Lord..." | Journey continued under divine direction |
| Num 12:10 | "...Miriam was leprous... like snow." | Miriam's judgment and condition preceding the journey's resumption |
| Num 12:14-15 | "...shut her outside the camp for seven days... people did not move..." | Waiting for communal restoration before continuing journey |
| Num 13:3 | "Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran..." | Location from where spies were sent, showing its next major significance |
| Num 13:26 | "They came to Moses and Aaron... in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh." | Paran as the staging ground for the spies' mission and Kadesh-Barnea |
| Num 33:1-49 | "...list of stages by which the Israelites journeyed..." | Record of all encampments, showing systematic progression |
| Deut 8:2 | "Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness..." | Recalling God's leadership throughout the desert journey |
| Exod 13:21 | "By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud..." | God's leading presence guiding their movement |
| Ps 78:12-19 | "He did wonders... in the wilderness... Yet they sinned against him..." | Israel's rebellious history in the wilderness |
| Heb 12:5-6 | "Do not make light of the Lord’s discipline... because the Lord disciplines those he loves..." | Discipline as a mark of God's love |
| 1 Pet 1:6-7 | "In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may..." | Enduring trials and waiting builds faith |
| Rom 15:4 | "For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us..." | Wilderness narratives serve as lessons for believers |
| 1 Cor 10:11 | "These things happened to them as examples and were written down as..." | Wilderness events as warnings and instruction |
| Josh 14:7 | "I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me..." | Reflects on the spy mission launched from Paran |
| Jer 32:41 | "I will rejoice in doing them good and will faithfully plant them..." | God's commitment to His people despite their failures |
| Gal 6:1-2 | "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." | Corporate responsibility for individual discipline, waiting for restoration |
| 1 Thess 5:14 | "admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient..." | Principles of communal care, reflected in waiting for Miriam |
| Eccl 3:1-8 | "There is a time for everything... a time to mourn and a time to dance..." | Acknowledges phases of life including waiting and moving forward |
| Hab 2:3 | "For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end..." | Waiting on God's perfect timing and continued plan |
| Joel 2:25 | "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten..." | God's promise of restoration even after loss and delays |
Numbers 12 verses
Numbers 12 16 Meaning
This verse signifies the resumption of Israel's journey in the wilderness after a crucial period of divine discipline. Specifically, after Miriam's temporary exclusion for seven days due to leprosy (as a judgment for her challenge to Moses' authority), the entire Israelite community departed from their encampment at Hazeroth and moved on to establish their next camp in the Wilderness of Paran. It highlights God's continued guidance and the progression of His covenant plan despite internal challenges and necessary periods of waiting and discipline.
Numbers 12 16 Context
Numbers 12:16 concludes the narrative detailing Miriam and Aaron's challenge to Moses' unique prophetic authority and God's immediate response. The preceding verses describe Miriam (and implicitly Aaron) speaking against Moses' leadership and his Cushite wife. God's anger was kindled, and Miriam was struck with leprosy. Moses interceded for her, and God commanded that she be shut out of the camp for seven days, mirroring the treatment of one with a severe skin disease as per the Levitical law. Crucially, the people of Israel did not continue their journey until Miriam returned. Thus, verse 16 marks the end of this period of waiting and discipline. It serves as a bridge, initiating the next phase of the journey that would lead the Israelites to the significant wilderness of Paran, a region that proved to be the setting for the critical sending of the spies and the subsequent 40-year wilderness wandering due to Israel's unbelief.
Numbers 12 16 Word analysis
- וְאַחֲרֵי-כֵן (wə’aḥărê-ḵēn) – "And afterward": This phrase directly connects the resumption of the journey to the preceding events, specifically the conclusion of Miriam's seven-day seclusion (Num 12:15). It highlights a sequence and divine timing; the community's movement was paused for divine judgment and resumed only after its fulfillment.
- נָסְעוּ (nās‘û) – "they set out" / "moved": From the verb יָסַע (yāsaʿ), meaning "to journey," "to depart," "to pull up stakes." This is a recurring technical term in Numbers describing the Israelite's disciplined, God-ordained movements throughout the wilderness. It indicates an active progression, not merely an end to a period of rest. It implies the lifting of the cloud, signaling God's command to move.
- הָעָם (hā‘ām) – "the people": Refers to the entire community of Israel, the children of Jacob. This emphasizes corporate involvement and responsibility; their collective journey was halted for Miriam's discipline, and it resumed collectively. It underscores the covenant relationship with God applying to the whole nation.
- מֵחֲצֵרוֹת (mēḥaṣērôt) – "from Hazeroth": Hazeroth means "enclosures" or "settlements." This was the encampment where the rebellion against Moses took place. Departing from Hazeroth geographically symbolizes moving on from that episode of strife and divine judgment. This specific place is also mentioned in Num 11:35 and Num 33:17-18 in the itinerary.
- וַיַּחֲנוּ (wayyaḥănû) – "and camped": From the verb חָנָה (ḥānâ), meaning "to encamp," "to pitch a tent," "to rest." This word indicates the completion of that particular leg of their journey and the establishment of a new, albeit temporary, dwelling place under the guidance of the Lord.
- בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָן (bəmiḏbar Pārān) – "in the wilderness of Paran": "Midbar" (miḏbar) refers to a vast, uncultivated, often arid region, distinct from a desert but typically dry, serving as pastureland in some parts. "Paran" refers to a specific, significant wilderness area located south of Canaan and east of the Sinai peninsula. This location is pivotal because it is from this region, specifically from Kadesh-Barnea within or bordering Paran, that Moses would send the spies into Canaan (Num 13:3, 13:26). The entry into this wilderness therefore sets the stage for one of Israel's most significant failures and the subsequent 38 years of wandering.
Numbers 12 16 Bonus section
- The event in Hazeroth was the third recorded rebellion/complaint since leaving Mount Sinai, following the grumbling at Taberah and the craving for meat at Kibroth-Hattaavah. Each instance of rebellion was met with divine judgment, yet also with God's patient restoration of the journey.
- The wilderness of Paran, to which they moved, geographically positioned them directly at the threshold of the Promised Land from the south, making the subsequent events there even more poignant regarding Israel's proximity to their inheritance and their failure to claim it.
- Miriam's judgment highlights God's particular defense of His chosen leader, Moses, against personal and theological challenges from within his own family. The delay of the entire camp further solidified Moses' authority in the eyes of the people.
- The phrase "the people set out" implies a unified, collective movement. Despite the personal nature of Miriam's sin and punishment, the impact was communal, requiring the entire congregation to wait, fostering a sense of corporate responsibility and demonstrating how individual sin can hinder the progress of the whole body.
Numbers 12 16 Commentary
Numbers 12:16, though brief, serves as a critical juncture in the Israelites' wilderness journey. It marks the precise moment when the entire camp resumed its God-directed movement, signaling that the period of divine discipline for Miriam's rebellion and the associated communal delay had concluded. The verse powerfully demonstrates God's unwavering commitment to His covenant promises by re-initiating the journey toward the Promised Land, even after internal strife and necessary judgment. The forced waiting for Miriam underscored the interconnectedness of the community and the principle that sin within the body affects the whole. The journey's destination, the Wilderness of Paran, is not incidental; it foreshadows the crucial events of Numbers 13-14 where the people's unbelief at Kadesh-Barnea (within or adjacent to Paran) would lead to severe consequences and an extended period of wandering. Thus, the verse implicitly points to both God's faithfulness in leadership and the impending test of Israel's faith.