Numbers 33:6

6 And they departed from Succoth and pitched in Etham, which is in 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 For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them, the LORD having also executed judgments upon their gods.

5 And the sons of Israel removed from Rameses and pitched in Succoth.

6 And they departed from Succoth and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

7 And they removed from Etham and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon, and they pitched before Migdol.

8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and pitched in Marah.