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Numbers 10:36

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Numbers 10:36 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Numbers 10:36 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/numbers/10/36.

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When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And when it rested, he says, “Return, Yahweh, the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And when it rested, hee sayde, Returne, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And in its resting he saith, `Return, O Jehovah, `to' the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And in its resting he says, “Return, O YHWH, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.”
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Whenever the ark stopped, Moses would say, “Return, Yahweh, to Israel's many tens of thousands.”
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And when it rested, he says, “Return, Yahweh, the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    When it rested, he said, “Return, LORD, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Whenever it was set down, he would call out, “Return, Lord, to the thousands and thousands of the people of Israel.”
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And when it came to rest, he said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And when it rested, he said: 'Return, O LORD, unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel.'

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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is רִֽבְב֖וֹת myriad H7233 — appearing just 18 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

רִֽבְב֖וֹת myriad H7233 occurs in 16 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 3 nouns
  • 1 adjective

Verb forms

  • וּבְנֻחֹ֖ה Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • יֹאמַ֑ר Qal · Imperfect
  • שׁוּבָ֣ה Qal · Imperative

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 16 words from the Hebrew and 18 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Numbers 10:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 1:10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
  • Genesis 24:60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."
  • Psalms 90:13–17 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
  • Isaiah 63:17 O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 10:36 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּבְנֻחֹ֖ה יֹאמַ֑ר שׁוּבָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה רִֽבְב֖וֹת אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 10:36 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ νεφέλη γίγνομαι σκιάζω ἐπί αὐτός ἡμέρα ἐν ὁ ἐκαἴρω αὐτός ἐκ ὁ παρεμβολή

And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands and tens of thousands in Israel.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וּבְמַשְׁרוֹהִי אֲמַר תּוּב יְיָ שְׁרֵי בִיקָרָךְ בְּגוֹ רִבְבָן אַלְפַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל

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    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְכַד הֲוָה בָּעֵי לְמִשְׁרֵי אֲרוֹנָא הֲוָה עֲנָנָא מְקַפֵּל וְקָאִים וְלָא הֲוָה פָּרִיס עַד דְהַוָה משֶׁה קָאִים בִּצְלוֹ וּמַצְלֵי וּבָעֵי רַחֲמִין מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וְכֵן אָמַר תּוּב כְּדוֹן מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְּרַחֲמָךְ טַבְיָא וּדְבַר יַת עַמָךְ יִשְרָאֵל וְאַשְׁרֵי אִיקַר שְׁכִינָתָךְ בֵּינֵיהוֹן וְרַחֵם יַת רִבְוָותָא דְבֵית יַעֲקב מִנְיַן אַלְפַיָא דְיִשְרָאֵל

    But when the ark should rest, the Cloud gathered itself to ether and stood, but did not overspread, until Mosheh, standing in prayer, prayed and besought mercy from before the Lord, thus speaking: Return now, Thou Word of the Lord, in the goodness of Thy mercy, and lead Thy people Israel, and let the glory of Thy Shekinah dwell among them, and (Thy) mercy with the myriads of the house of Jakob, and with the multitudes of the thousands of Israel.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 10:36 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Joseph Benson's Commentary

Num 10:36. Return, O Lord, &c. — Let thy divine presence in the cloud take up its fixed residence over the ark, for the safety of this thy people whom thou hast so greatly multiplied: or, give rest, that is, a safe and quiet place to thy people, free from enemies and dangers.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

10:36 This invocation called the Lord to join his people and protect Israel while they camped.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Hebrew, to the ten thousand thousands.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 36. Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.] These were the words spoken by Moses, at the moment the divisions halted in order to pitch their tents. In reference to this subject, and the history with which it is connected, the 68th Psalm seems to have been composed, though applied by David to the bringing the ark from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem. See the notes on Psa. lxviii. Many thousands, literally the ten thousand thousands. Unless the ark went with them, and the cloud of the Divine glory with it, they could have neither direction nor safety; unless the ark rested with them, and the cloud of glory with it, they could have neither rest nor comfort. How necessary are the word of God and the Spirit of God for the direction, comfort, and defence of every genuine follower of Christ! Reader, pray to God that thou mayest have both with thee through all the wilderness, through all the changes and chances of this mortal life: if thou be guided by his counsel, thou shalt be at last received into his glory.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Host. Septuagint, "Bring, or turn back, (Haydock) O Lord, the thousands, the myriads in Israel." Some give the same sense to the Hebrew. (Calmet) --- Prayers are composed, not only for the obtaining of good in general, but also for particular purposes. (Worthington)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Or, give rest, i.e. a safe and quiet place, from enemies and dangers.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands (literally, myriad thousands; see Num_1:16) of Israel. hbWv being construed with the accusative is of somewhat doubtful interpretation. It may be as in the beautiful and familiar rendering of the A.V, than which nothing could be more obviously in harmony with the circumstances, and the feelings which gave rise to the prayer. Or it may be necessary to translate it by a transitive verb, and then it will be either, with many moderns, "Restore, O Lord, the myriad thousands of Israel," i.e., to their promised home; or, with the Septuagint, "Convert, O Lord (epistrefe, Kurie ), the thousand myriads of Israel." If the ordinary reading be (as it appears) grammatically defensible, it is unquestionably to be preferred. Only Moses, as he looked upon that huge multitude covering the earth far and wide, could rightly feel how unutterably awful their position would be if on any day the cloud were to rise and melt into the evening sky instead of poising itself above the sanctuary of Israel. The Septuagint transposes verse 34 from its proper place to the end of the chapter, apparently in order to keep together the verses which speak of the movements of the ark. Many Hebrew MSS. mark verses 35, 36 with inverted nuns, n, but the explanations given are fanciful, and the meaning uncertain.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Return - Or, give rest, that is, a safe and quiet place, free from enemies and dangers.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

‘שובה ה [AND WHEN IT RESTED HE SAID] שובה O LORD — Menachem ben Seruk renders it (the word שובה) by an expression denoting “rest”. Similar is (Isaiah 30:15) “In rest (בשובה) and tranquility shall ye be saved” (cf. Ibn. Ezra).

רבבות אלפי ישראל [GIVE REST O LORD UNTO] THE MYRIADS OF THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL — This teaches us that the Shechinah does not rest upon Israel if they are less in number than twenty-two thousand (Yevamot 64a; Sifrei Bamidbar 84:5).

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 7 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is rᵉbâbâh (“myriad”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “myriad” (rᵉbâbâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Genesis 24:60 shares the word «myriad» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  4. The verb «וּבְנֻחֹ֖ה» is Qal Infinitive Construct. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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