Num 10:11 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 11. The twentieth day of the second month ] The Israelites had lain encamped in the wilderness of Sinai about eleven months and twenty days ; compare with this verse. They now received the order of God to decamp, and proceed towards the promised land; and therefore the Samaritan introduces at this place the words which we find in : "The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb , saying: Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount, turn and take your journey," &c.

‏ Numbers 10:11

Verse 11. The twentieth day of the second month] The Israelites had lain encamped in the wilderness of Sinai about eleven months and twenty days; compare Ex 19:1 with this verse. They now received the order of God to decamp, and proceed towards the promised land; and therefore the Samaritan introduces at this place the words which we find in De 1:6-8: "The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying: Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount, turn and take your journey," &c.