The interpretation timeline

Num 33:33

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Num 33:33 · Douay-Rheims
“From thence they went and camped in Jetebatha.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
Origen Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“When you pass through them, you will camp at Tabatha [Jotbathah]. Tabatha means "good things." Thus they do not come to good things except after the trials of temptations.”
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.