Numbers 33:6
4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
5 The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
7 They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
- KJV
- And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
- WEB
- They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
- ASV
- And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
- DARBY
- And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.
- BLB
- And they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which [is] on the edge of the wilderness.
- ÅB
- Og de dro fra Sukkot og leiret seg i Etam, som ligger ved grensen av ørkenen.
- OTB
- De reiste fra Sukkot og slo leir ved Etam, på kanten av ørkenen.
- B1930
- Og de drog fra Sukkot og leiret sig i Etam, som ligger ved grensen av ørkenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 13:20
They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
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