Origen
Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“Halus [Alush] means "toils." Nor should you be surprised if toils follow health. For the soul acquires health from the Lord in order to accept toils with delight and not unwillingly.”
The interpretation timeline
Num 33:13
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Num 33:13 · Douay-Rheims
“And departing from Daphca, they camped in Alus.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.