Numbers 33:8

8 They departed from Pi-hahiroth^[a] and crossed through the middle of the sea^[b] into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.^[c]

Numbers 33:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:8

And they departed from before Pihahiroth
Being forced by Pharaoh's army pressing upon them:

and passed through the midst of the sea;
from shore to shore, as on dry laud:

into the wilderness:
that part of it which lay on the other side, for still it was the wilderness of Etham they went into, as follows:

and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in
Marah;
so called from the bitterness of the waters there, and which is computed to be forty miles from Pihahiroth.

Numbers 33:8 In-Context

6 They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7 They departed from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

8 They departed from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

9 They departed from Marah and came to Elim. There were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

10 They departed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Footnotes

• [a]. Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read from before Hahiroth
• [b]. Ex 14:22-26
• [c]. Ex 15:23