Numbers 10:12

10:12 So the Israelites set out 1  on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 14:33

14:33 and your children will wander 2  in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, 3  until your dead bodies lie finished 4  in the wilderness.

Numbers 3:14

The Numbering of the Levites

3:14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai:

Numbers 12:16

12:16 After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 14:32

14:32 But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness,

Numbers 23:28

23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. 5 

Numbers 33:6

33:6 They traveled from Succoth, and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

Numbers 33:11-12

33:11 They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Zin. 33:12 They traveled from the wilderness of Zin and camped in Dophkah.

Numbers 33:15

33:15 They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

Numbers 33:36

33:36 They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

1 sn The verb is the same as the noun: “they journeyed on their journeyings.” This underscores the point of their continual traveling.

2 tn The word is “shepherds.” It means that the people would be wilderness nomads, grazing their flock on available land.

3 tn Heb “you shall bear your whoredoms.” The imagery of prostitution is used throughout the Bible to reflect spiritual unfaithfulness, leaving the covenant relationship and following after false gods. Here it is used generally for their rebellion in the wilderness, but not for following other gods.

4 tn The infinitive is from תָּמַם (tamam), which means “to be complete.” The word is often used to express completeness in a good sense – whole, blameless, or the like. Here and in v. 35 it seems to mean “until your deaths have been completed.” See also Gen 47:15; Deut 2:15.

5 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).