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From Sinai to Paran

Numbers 10:36

In 11 translations

BSB
And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
KJV
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.many thousands: Heb. ten thousand thousands
WEB
When it rested, he said, “Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
ASV
And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
LSV
And in its resting he says, “Return, O YHWH, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.”
YLT
And in its resting he saith, 'Return, O Jehovah, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'
DBY
And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.
DRC
And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel.
GNV
And when it rested, hee sayde, Returne, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel.
JPS
And when it rested, he said: 'Return, O LORD, unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel.'
LXXE10:35
And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands and tens of thousands in Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְנֻחֹ֖ה יֹאמַ֑ר שׁוּבָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה רִֽבְב֖וֹת אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ׆Inverted nun in the text.
LXX-Br10:35
Καὶ ἐν τῇ καταπαύσει εἶπεν, ἐπίστρεφε Κύριε χιλιάδας μυριάδας ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 1:10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  • Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
  • Isaiah 63:17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
  • Psalms 90:13–17Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as You have…

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  • 10:35 in some Bibles
  • 10:36 in most Bibles

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