Numbers 33:5

5 The people of Israel left Rameses and camped at Succoth.

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 started out from Rameses. It was the 15th day of the first month. It was the day after the Passover Feast. They marched out boldly in plain sight of all of the Egyptians.

4 The Egyptians were burying all of their oldest sons. The LORD had struck them down. He had done it when he punished their gods.

5 The people of Israel left Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6 They left Succoth and camped at Etham. Etham was on the edge of the desert.

7 They left Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth. It was east of Baal Zephon. They camped near Migdol.