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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In the second year after Israel’s departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass on the twentieth <i>day</i> of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now it came to pass on the twentieth <i>day</i> of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the testimony;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now it came about in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now it happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, <i>that</i> the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year [since leaving Egypt], the cloud [of the Lord’s presence] was lifted from over the tabernacle of the Testimony,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month of that same year, the cloud over the sacred tent moved on. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the [column of] smoke left the tent of the words of God's promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year after the people left Egypt, the cloud over the Tent of the LORD's presence lifted, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud was lifted up from the Tent of Meeting, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the covenant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud has gone up from off the Dwelling Place of the Testimony,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass -- in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month -- the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it shall be in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month, the cloud was taken up from the dwelling of testimony.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle of the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud rose from the tabernacle of the covenant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the covenant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And it was in the year two, in the tenth in the second month, the cloud went up from the Tabernacle of the Testimony.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/10-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3328" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/10.htm">From Sinai to Paran</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: bə·‘eś·rîm (Prep-b:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">On the twentieth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">of the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nîṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">of the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: he·‘ā·nān (Art:: N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">the cloud</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: na·‘ă·lāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">was lifted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from above</a> <a href="/hebrew/4908.htm" title="4908: miš·kan (N-msc) -- Dwelling place, tabernacle. From shakan; a residence; specifically, the Tabernacle.">the tabernacle</a> <a href="/hebrew/5715.htm" title="5715: hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Testimony. Feminine of ed; testimony.">of the Testimony,</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-36.htm">Exodus 40:36-38</a></span><br />Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey. / If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up. / For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-6.htm">Deuteronomy 1:6-8</a></span><br />The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough. / Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates. / See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm">Nehemiah 9:19</a></span><br />You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-14.htm">Psalm 78:14</a></span><br />He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-39.htm">Psalm 105:39</a></span><br />He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Isaiah 4:5</a></span><br />Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Isaiah 63:12-14</a></span><br />who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? / Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38-39</a></span><br />He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. / But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a></span><br />And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. / Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Exodus 14:19-20</a></span><br />And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them, / so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">Exodus 33:9-10</a></span><br />As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses. / When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a></span><br />Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-15.htm">Deuteronomy 31:15</a></span><br />Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.</p><p class="hdg">on.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-6.htm">Deuteronomy 1:6-8:</a></b></br> The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Numbers 1:1</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first <i>day</i> of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">Numbers 9:1,5,11</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, … </p><p class="hdg">the cloud</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Numbers 9:17-23</a></b></br> And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/9-22.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/numbers/9-21.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/numbers/9-22.htm">Month</a> <a href="/numbers/10-6.htm">Second</a> <a href="/numbers/10-3.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/numbers/10-3.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/10-12.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/numbers/14-1.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/numbers/11-20.htm">Month</a> <a href="/numbers/28-4.htm">Second</a> <a href="/numbers/10-12.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/17-4.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/numbers/17-4.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/10-1.htm">The use of the silver trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/10-11.htm">The Israelites move from Sinai to Paran</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/10-14.htm">The order of their march</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/10-29.htm">Hobab is entreated by Moses not to leave them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/10-33.htm">The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The second year refers to the time since the Exodus from Egypt, highlighting that the Israelites have been at Mount Sinai for nearly a year. This period was significant for receiving the Law and constructing the Tabernacle. The date also emphasizes the importance of divine timing in the Israelites' journey, as God orchestrates their movements.<p><b>the cloud was lifted</b><br>The cloud represents the presence and guidance of God among His people. It was a visible manifestation of God's glory and a sign of His leadership. The lifting of the cloud signified that it was time for the Israelites to break camp and continue their journey. This divine guidance underscores the theme of reliance on God for direction and protection, a recurring motif throughout the wilderness wanderings.<p><b>from above the tabernacle of the Testimony</b><br>The Tabernacle, also known as the Tent of Meeting, was the central place of worship and the dwelling place of God's presence among the Israelites. The term "Testimony" refers to the tablets of the Law kept within the Ark of the Covenant inside the Tabernacle. This highlights the covenant relationship between God and Israel, with the Law serving as a testimony to God's requirements and promises. The movement of the cloud from above the Tabernacle signifies God's continued presence and faithfulness to His covenant, guiding His people towards the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness towards the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle_of_the_testimony.htm">The Tabernacle of the Testimony</a></b><br>A sacred tent where God's presence dwelled among the Israelites. It was the central place of worship and guidance for the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cloud.htm">The Cloud</a></b><br>A visible manifestation of God's presence and guidance. It would rest above the Tabernacle and move to signal the Israelites when to set out on their journey.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area through which the Israelites traveled. It represents both a physical and spiritual journey of faith and dependence on God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_second_year.htm">The Second Year</a></b><br>This marks the second year since the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, indicating a period of preparation and learning to trust in God's provision and timing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_guidance_is_constant.htm">God's Guidance is Constant</a></b><br>Just as the cloud signaled when the Israelites should move, God provides guidance in our lives through His Word and the Holy Spirit. We must remain attentive and obedient to His leading.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>The Israelites moved according to God's timing, not their own. We are called to trust in God's perfect timing for our lives, even when it requires patience and faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The Israelites journeyed together as a community, supporting one another. Similarly, believers are called to journey together in faith, encouraging and uplifting each other.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_readiness.htm">Spiritual Readiness</a></b><br>The lifting of the cloud signified readiness to move. We should be spiritually prepared and responsive to God's call, ready to act when He directs us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_transition.htm">God's Presence in Transition</a></b><br>The cloud's movement marked a transition. In our own transitions, we can find comfort in knowing that God's presence goes with us, providing assurance and peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_deut._33_2_with_no_evidence.htm">In Deuteronomy 33:2, how do we reconcile the claim of God’s appearance from Sinai, Seir, and Paran with the lack of archaeological evidence for these events? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_israelites_at_sinai.htm">Exodus 19:1–2: If a massive camp of Israelites really gathered at Mount Sinai, why is there scant archaeological evidence supporting such an event in that location?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_the_second_passover's_timing.htm">Numbers 9:1–2: How can we verify historically the timing of the second Passover in the second year after leaving Egypt when there is limited supporting evidence? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_mount_sinai's_biblical_role.htm">What is Mount Sinai's significance in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">On the twentieth day of the second month.</span>--It appears from <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm" title="In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.">Exodus 19:1</a> that the Israelites encamped before Mount Sinai in the third month of the preceding year, and, as is generally supposed, on the first day of the month. In this case the encampment at the foot of Mount Sinai had lasted eleven months and nineteen days. No day of the month, however, is specified in Exod. xix 1, and no <span class= "ital">certain </span>reliance can be placed upon the Jewish tradition that the Law was delivered fifty days after the Exodus. There is the same omission of the day of the month in <a href="/numbers/9-1.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,">Numbers 9:1</a>; <a href="/numbers/20-1.htm" title="Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.">Numbers 20:1</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - On <span class="cmt_word">the twentieth day</span> of <span class="cmt_word">the second month.</span> This answered approximately to our May 6th, when the spring verdure would still be on the land, but the heat of the day would already have become intense. We may well suppose that the departure would have taken place a month earlier, had it not been necessary to wait for the due celebration of the second or supplemental passover (<a href="/numbers/9-11.htm">Numbers 9:11</a>). As this march was, next to the actual exodus, <span class="accented">the</span> great trial of Israel's faith and obedience, it was most important that none should commence it otherwise than in full communion with their God and with one another. <span class="cmt_word">The cloud was taken up.</span> For the first time since the tabernacle had been reared up (<a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">Exodus 40:34</a>). This being the Divine signal for departure, the silver trumpets would immediately announce the fact to all the hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/10-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On the twentieth</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the second</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֵּׁנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the second</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֵּׁנִ֛ית</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šê·nîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשָּׁנָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cloud</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽעָנָ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was lifted</span><br /><span class="heb">נַעֲלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ă·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from above</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the tabernacle</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁכַּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(miš·kan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4908.htm">Strong's 4908: </a> </span><span class="str2">A residence, the Tabernacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Testimony,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֵדֻֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5715.htm">Strong's 5715: </a> </span><span class="str2">Testimony</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/10-11.htm">Numbers 10:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/10-11.htm">OT Law: Numbers 10:11 It happened in the second year (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/10-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 10:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 10:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/10-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 10:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 10:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>