Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Numbers 33:8

EthamHahirothMarah

6 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.

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.

9 They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10 They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Read the whole chapter

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 Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
KJV
And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
WEB
They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
ASV
And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days` journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
DARBY
And they removed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
BLB
And they set out from Pi-hahiroth, and passed through in the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went a journey of three days in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.
ÅB
Og de dro fra Hakirot og gikk gjennom havet til ørkenen; og de dro tre dagsreiser i Etams ørken og leiret seg i Mara.
OTB
De reiste fra Pi Hahirot og gikk gjennom havets midte inn i ørkenen, og etter å ha reist i tre dager i Etams ørken, slo de leir ved Mara.
B1930
Og de drog fra Hakirot og gikk gjennem havet til ørkenen; og de drog tre dagsreiser i Etams ørken og leiret sig i Mara.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 15:22–26

    Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 14:21–31

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

    Read in context