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# Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible · Volume 1: Genesis to Jeremiah

*Adam Clarke*

Clarke's learned notes on the Hebrew and Greek, verse by verse, from Genesis to Revelation: volume 1 of 2.

## 182. Numbers · 31 of 34

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### Verse 20

[¶1] Libnah - The situation of this place is uncertain. A city of this name is mentioned [Jos 10:29], as situated between Kadesh-barnea and Gaza.

[¶2] Stat. 17.

### Verse 21

[¶4] Bissah - A place mentioned nowhere else in the sacred writings. Its situation utterly uncertain.

[¶5] Stat. 18.

### Verse 22

[¶7] Kehelathah - Utterly unknown; though some conjecture that it might have been the place called Keilah, [1Sam 23:1], etc., but this is unlikely.

[¶8] Stat. 19.

### Verse 23

[¶10] Shapher - Where this mountain lay cannot be determined.

[¶11] Stat. 20.

### Verse 24

[¶13] Haradah - Unknown, Calmet supposes that it may be the place called Bered, [Gen 16:14], which was in the vicinity of Kadesh.

[¶14] Stat. 21.

### Verse 25

[¶16] Makheloth - A name found nowhere else in Scripture.

[¶17] Stat. 22.

### Verse 26

[¶19] Tahath - Unknown.

[¶20] Stat. 23.

### Verse 27

[¶22] Tarah - Also unknown.

[¶23] Stat. 24.

### Verse 28

[¶25] Mithcah - Calmet conjectures that this may be Mocha, a city in Arabia Petraea.

[¶26] Stat. 25.

### Verse 29

[¶28] Hashmonah - Supposed by some to be the same as Azmon, [Num 34:4].

[¶29] Stat. 26.

### Verse 30

[¶31] Moseroth - Situation unknown. In [Deu 10:6] it is said that the Israelites took their journey from Beeroth, the wells of the children of Jaakan, to Mosera, and there Aaron died. If so, Mosera, Moseroth, and Hor, must be different names of the same place; or Moseroth, or Mosera, must have been some town or village near Mount Hor, for there Aaron died. See [Num 33:38].

[¶32] Stat. 27.

### Verse 31

[¶34] Bene-jaakan - Unknown. The sons of Jaakan. See the preceding verse, [Num 33:30] (note).

[¶35] Stat. 28.

### Verse 32

[¶37] Hor-hagidgad - The hole or pit of Gidgad. Unknown. It was a place perhaps remarkable for some vast pit or cavern, from which it took its name.

[¶38] Stat. 29.

### Verse 33

[¶40] Jotrathah - Situation unknown. It is said in [Deu 10:7] to be a land of rivers of waters.

[¶41] Stat. 30.

### Verse 34

[¶43] Ebronah - Nowhere else mentioned. Stat. 31.