Numbers 20:1, The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dies; Numbers 20:2, They murmur for want of water; Numbers 20:7, Moses smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah; Numbers 20:14, Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied him; Numbers 20:22, At mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies.
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Numbers 20 — OverviewNumbers 20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAt this chapter begins the history of the fortieth year (which was the
last year) of the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness. And since
the beginning of their second year, when they were sentenced to perform…Numbers 20 — OverviewNumbers 20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter is an account of the children of Israel coming to the wilderness of Zin, where Miriam died, and where wanting water they murmured, Nu 20:1, upon which Moses and Aaron applied to the Lord, who ordered…Numbers 20:1-13Numbers 20:1-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAfter thirty-eight years' tedious marches, or rather tedious rests, in
the wilderness, backward towards the Red Sea, the armies of Israel now
at length set their faces towards Canaan again, and had come not far…Numbers 20:1Numbers 20:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeAn, Ex, Is, 40
Then: This was the first month of the fortieth year after the departure from Egypt. (Compare Numbers 33:38, with Numbers 20:28 of this chapter and Deuteronomy 1:3.) This year was the last of their…Numbers 20:2Numbers 20:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeno: Exodus 15:23-24, Exodus 17:1-4
gathered: Numbers 11:1-6, Numbers 16:3, Numbers 16:19, Numbers 16:42, Numbers 21:5; Exodus 16:2, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:12; 1 Corinthians 10:10-11Numbers 20:2Numbers 20:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd there was no water for the congregation,.... Which was so ordered, for the trial of this new generation, to see whether they would behave any better than their fathers had done in a like circumstance, the first year…
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