Numbers 33:6

6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the uttermost borders 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 Who were burying their firstborn, whom the Lord had slain (upon their gods also he had executed vengeance,)

5 And they camped in Soccoth.

6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the uttermost borders of the wilderness.

7 Departing from thence they came over against Phihahiroth, which looketh towards Beelsephon, and they camped before Magdalum.

8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and having marched three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in Mara.