Números 33:7

7 Partiram de Etã, voltaram para Pi-Hairote, a leste de Baal-Zefom, e acamparam perto de Migdol.

Números 33:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:7

And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pihahiroth,
&c.] Which was sixteen miles from Etham. This turning, Aben Ezra says, respects the cloud, or Israel; and indeed it may respect both, for, as the cloud turned, Israel turned, being directed by it; and this does not mean that they had been at Pihahiroth before, and now returned to it again; but that they by direction turned out of the straight way in which they were to go to Pihahiroth; for the word "again" may as well, or better, be left out, (See Gill on Exodus 14:2):

which is before Baalzephon;
the name of an idol, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, supposed to be placed here, to watch and guard the passage, as Zephon signifies:

and they pitched before Migdol:
which was either the name of a city, the same with Migdol, ( Jeremiah 44:1 ) or it was a tower, as the word signifies, placed here on the borders of the land, for the defence of it.

Números 33:7 In-Context

5 Os israelitas partiram de Ramessés e acamparam em Sucote.
6 Partiram de Sucote e acamparam em Etã, nos limites do deserto.
7 Partiram de Etã, voltaram para Pi-Hairote, a leste de Baal-Zefom, e acamparam perto de Migdol.
8 Partiram de Pi-Hairote e atravessaram o mar, chegando ao deserto, e, depois de viajarem três dias no deserto de Etã, acamparam em Mara.
9 Partiram de Mara e foram para Elim, onde havia doze fontes e setenta palmeiras, e acamparam ali.
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