Numbers 33:6

6 And they set out from Succoth and camped at ¹Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

Numbers 33:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:6

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham
Which was eight miles from Succoth:

which is in the edge of the wilderness;
of the name, see ( Exodus 13:20 ) but Dr. Shaw ^F3 makes this particular portion of the wilderness to be fifty miles from Cairo or Rameses.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Travels, p. 308.

Numbers 33:6 In-Context

4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them. On their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

5 So the people of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6 And they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7 And they set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is east of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

8 And they set out from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Cross References

• 1. 33:6 Ex. 13:20