Numbers 33:6

6 left Succoth and camped at Etham at 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 Travels, p. 308.

Numbers 33:6 In-Context

4 The Egyptians, busy burying their firstborn whom God had killed, watched them go. God had exposed the nonsense of their gods.
5 The People of Israel: left Rameses and camped at Succoth;
6 left Succoth and camped at Etham at the edge of the wilderness;
7 left Etham, circled back to Pi Hahiroth east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol;
8 left Pi Hahiroth and crossed through the Sea into the wilderness; three days into the Wilderness of Etham they camped at Marah;
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