Numbers 33:6

6 And they set out from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, which is on 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 while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom the LORD had struck down among them; upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

5 So the people of Israel set out from Ram'eses, and encamped at Succoth.

6 And they set out from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7 And they set out from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahi'roth, which is east of Ba'al-ze'phon; and they encamped before Migdol.

8 And they set out from before Hahi'roth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they went a three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped at Marah.