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Numbers 33:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 33:21 within “The Written Itinerary Remembers Forty-Two Stages,” moves the itinerary, negotiation, departure, or encampment through this step; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
Read It With
- Numbers 33:1–49
Read Numbers 33:21 with 33:1–49. It within “The Written Itinerary Remembers Forty-Two Stages,” moves the itinerary, negotiation, departure, or encampment through this step; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Moses records Israel's departures from Egypt under his and Aaron's leadership, beginning with public exodus after Passover and Egypt's firstborn deaths, then lists stages through sea, Sinai, water crises, Aaron's death, and encampment by Jordan in Moab.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 33:21 within “The Written Itinerary Remembers Forty-Two Stages,” moves the itinerary, negotiation, departure, or encampment through this step; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. Its responsible force depends on 33:1–49; isolated from “The Written Itinerary Remembers Forty-Two Stages,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Numbers 33:1–49 — The Written Itinerary Remembers Forty-Two StagesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 33:1–49, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 33:1–49
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