Numbers 33:5

5 The people of Israel left Rameses and set up camp at Sukkoth.

Numbers 33:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:5

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses
Or Pelusium, as the same Targum again:

and pitched in Succoth:
where, as the same paraphrase says, they were covered with the clouds of glory, suggesting that to be the reason of its name; but that was rather because of the booths or tents the Israelites erected, pitched, and dwelt in, during their abode there: this, according to Bunting ^F2, was eight miles from Rameses; according to whose computation, for want of a better guide, the distances of the several stations from each other will be given.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Travels of the Patriarchs p. 81.

Numbers 33:5 In-Context

3 The people of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after the first Passover. Under the Lord's protection they left the city of Rameses in full view of the Egyptians,

4 who were burying the first-born sons that the Lord had killed. By doing this, the Lord showed that he was more powerful than the gods of Egypt.

5 The people of Israel left Rameses and set up camp at Sukkoth.

6 Their next camp was at Etham on the edge of the desert.

7 From there they turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.