They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days` journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days` journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Three days’ journey - This was probably a technical expression for a distance that could not be traversed in a single day, and therefore req…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Three days’ journey.— The place at which the first protracted halt was made appears to have been either at Taberah, which means

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And they departed from the mount of the Lord. He calls Sinai “the mount of the Lord,” because in no other place had God’s glory been so co…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days' journey, From Mount Sinai, so called, because the Lord descended…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Their going out and coming in gives us an example to begin and end every day's journey and every day's work with prayer. Here is Moses's prayer whe…

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