The interpretation timeline

Num 33:41

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Num 33:41 · Douay-Rheims

“And they departed from mount Her, and camped in Salmona.”

Patristic before A.D. 750

254

A.D.

Origen Patristic

c. A.D. 184–253

“The stage at Selmona [Zalmonah] follows next. Its meaning is "shadow of the portion." … The shadow of our portion, which gives us shade from all the heat of temptations, is Christ and the Holy Spirit.”

Source

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.