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33 So they traveled from the mountain of the Lord three days’ journey;[a] and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was traveling before them during the three days’ journey, to find a resting place for them. 34 [b] And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled[c] from the camp. 35 And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, “Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 10:33 tn The phrase “a journey of three days” is made up of the adverbial accusative qualified with the genitives.
  2. Numbers 10:34 tc The scribes sensed that there was a dislocation with vv. 34-36, and so they used the inverted letters nun (נ) as brackets to indicate this.
  3. Numbers 10:34 tn The adverbial clause of time is composed of the infinitive construct with a temporal preposition and a suffixed subjective genitive.

33 So they set out(A) from the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the Lord(B) went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.(C) 34 The cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.(D)

35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,

“Rise up,(E) Lord!
    May your enemies be scattered;(F)
    may your foes flee before you.(G)(H)

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