Numbers 33:7

7 And they remoued fro Etha ad turned vnto the entrynge of Hiroth which is before baall Zephon and pitched before Migdol.

Numbers 33:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:7

And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pihahiroth,
&c.] Which was sixteen miles from Etham. This turning, Aben Ezra says, respects the cloud, or Israel; and indeed it may respect both, for, as the cloud turned, Israel turned, being directed by it; and this does not mean that they had been at Pihahiroth before, and now returned to it again; but that they by direction turned out of the straight way in which they were to go to Pihahiroth; for the word "again" may as well, or better, be left out, (See Gill on Exodus 14:2):

which is before Baalzephon;
the name of an idol, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, supposed to be placed here, to watch and guard the passage, as Zephon signifies:

and they pitched before Migdol:
which was either the name of a city, the same with Migdol, ( Jeremiah 44:1 ) or it was a tower, as the word signifies, placed here on the borders of the land, for the defence of it.

Numbers 33:7 In-Context

5 And ye childern of Israel remoued from Rahemses and pitched in Sucoth.

6 And they departed fro Sucoth and pitched their tentes in Etha which is in the edge of ye wyldernesse.

7 And they remoued fro Etha ad turned vnto the entrynge of Hiroth which is before baall Zephon and pitched before Migdol.

8 And they departed fro before Hiroth and went thorow the myddes of the see in to the wildernesse and wet .iij. dayes iurney in ye wildernesse of Etha and pitched in Marah.

9 And they remoued fro Marah and wet vnto Elim where were .xij. fountaynes ad .lxx. datetrees and they pitched there.