Question Asked By Website Visitor: Shalom Fellow Truth Seeker, Is it your belief that Numbers 10:33 means that the Israelite's traveled a continuous 3 days from the 20th; ex: 20,21,22? Doesn't it say they began traveling a "distance of 3 days", but do not conclusively say which day they arrived to confirm whether or not they arrived 3 days later? Is it Hebrew custom to say traveled a 3-day distance always means 3 continuous days? If so, where else in the bible is this confirmed? I find it unique to include this "distance" part leading me to believe they didn't arrive after walking on the 22nd.

Answer: Shalom. It doesn't need to tell us in Scriptures the day they arrived for us to conclude when the journey took place. Numbers 10:11 shows they left on the 20th. Numbers 10:33 shows it was a 3-day journey specifically "to seek out a resting place". That implies for 3 days there was no resting place. If there was no resting place, then the journey continued those 3 days until the resting place was found. That means they journeyed the 20th, 21st, 22nd. It's like saying I went 5 hours looking for my watch. That implies a consecutive 5 hours until the search was completed and my watch was found.

For part of this question, see also: Is it Hebrew custom to say traveled a 3-day distance always means 3 continuous days? If so, where else in the bible is this confirmed?