Numbers 9:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 9:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 9:23 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 9:23 — KJV
“At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.”
— Numbers 9:23 (KJV)
Numbers 9:23 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 9:23
“At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:23: commandment, lord, rested
“Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:23: commandment, lord, kept
“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:23: commandment, lord, charge
“And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:23: commandment, lord, hand
“And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: prosper: or, do wisely”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:23: commandment, lord, charge
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