Numbers 33:31

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.

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Highlights

1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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מִמֹּסֵר֑וֹת

Môwçêrâh

H4149

“from · Mosera”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 3× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 33:30

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H4147

TWOT: None

Mosera or Moseroth = "bonds" - a place near Mount Hor where Aaron died

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

5: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִמֹּסֵר֑וֹת Mosera H4149 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

בִּבְנֵ֥י Bene-jaakan H1142

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִמֹּסֵר֑וֹת Mosera H4149 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
3 nouns

Verb forms

וַיִּסְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

בִּבְנֵ֥י Bene-jaakan H1142 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 9 words from the Hebrew and 9 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 5 Hebrew tokens and 9 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 33:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Deuteronomy 10:6 (The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his place.
Genesis 36:27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
1 Chronicles 1:43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 33:31 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִמֹּסֵר֑וֹת וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בִּבְנֵ֥י יַעֲקָֽן

They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.

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Greek LXX Numbers 33:31 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποαἴρω ἐκ μασσουρουθ καί παρα ἐνβάλλω εἰς βαναια

And they departed from Masuruth, and encamped in Banaea.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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)

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.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּנְטָלוּ מִמוֹסֵרוֹת וּשְׁרוֹ בִּבְנֵי יַעֲקָן

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

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.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּנְטָלוּ מֵאֲתַר מַרְדוּתָא וּשְׁרוֹ בְּבֵירֵי עַקְתָא

thence to Bere-Haktha,

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 33:31 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary

STAT. XXVII.

Verse 31. BENE-JAAKAN.] Unknown. The sons of Jaakan. See the preceding verse, Clarke "Nu 33:30".

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Called more fully Beeroth-bene-jaacan, Deu 10:6.

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

The Pulpit Commentary

Bene-Jaakan. The full name is given in Deu_10:6 as Beeroth-beni-Jaakan, "the wells of the children of Jaakan." Jaakan, or Akan, was a grandson of Seir, the legendary tribe father of the Horites of Mount Seir. (Gen_36:20, 27 1Ch_1:42) The wells of the Beni-Jaakan may well have retained their name long after their original owners had been dispossessed; or a remnant of the tribe may have held together until this time.

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

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

Moses lists the places the Israelites went after they left Egypt. (See: How to Translate Names)

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Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 5 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Môwçêrâh (“Mosera”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Mosera” (Môwçêrâh) shape what this verse is saying?
The word “Bene-jaakan” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
Numbers 33:30 shares the word «Mosera» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“Bene-jaakan” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «וַיִּסְע֖וּ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Adam Clarke's Commentary and Matthew Poole's English Annotations read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 5 Hebrew ↔ 9 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
“Bene-jaakan” occurs 2× in this single verse.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 5 words in this verse.