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Numbers 33:6

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6 They set out from Succoth, and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
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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.

FOOTNOTES:

F3 Travels, p. 308.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 33:6 In-Context

4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them. The Lord executed judgments even against their gods.
5 So the Israelites set out from Rameses, and camped at Succoth.
6 They set out from Succoth, and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
7 They set out from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon; and they camped before Migdol.
8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth, passed through the sea into the wilderness, went a three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.
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