Camp חָנָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Sep 18, 2026 · 3m

We are in Numbers chapter one with our word for today. חָנָה decline, encamp, lay siege, bend down. It is used 143 times in the Old Testament, 4 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense to military encamp, to set up a military camp in preparation for battle or near a city, so as to besiege it. Joshua 10:5, 31, 34 Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered their forces and went up with all their armies וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it … Then…