Numbers 33:8

8 And they set out from before Hahiroth^[a] and ¹passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they ²went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

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 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.

9 And they set out from Marah and came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10 And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Cross References

• 1. 33:8 Ex. 14:22
• 2. 33:8 Ex. 15:22, 23

Footnotes

• [a] 33:8 Some manuscripts and versions 'Pi-hahiroth'