And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| departed | וַיִּסְע֖וּ vai.yis.'U | H5265 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| Succoth | מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת mi.su.Kot | H5523 | Succoth · preposition + proper noun, a place name |
| pitched | וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu | H2583 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| Etham | בְאֵתָ֔ם ve.'e.Tam | H864 | Etham · preposition + proper noun, a place name |
| edge | בִּקְצֵ֥ה bik.Tzeh | H7097 | an extremity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct |
| wilderness | הַמִּדְבָּֽר ha.mid.Bar | H4057 | a pasture (i.e. open field · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
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Etham--edge, or border of all that part of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra which lay contiguous to Egypt and was known by the general name of Shur.
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 (c) makes this particular portion of the wilderness to be fifty miles from Cairo or Rameses. (c) Travels, p. 308.
Numbers 33:1-56 1. These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 1. Istae sunt profectiones filiorum Israel, qui egressi sunt e terra Egypti, per exercitus suos, per manum Mosis et Aharon. 2. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 2. Scripsit autem Moses egressus eorum per profectiones eorum juxta sermonem Jehovae: istae, inquam, sunt profectiones eorum per egressus eorum. 3. And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the mo…
Read the whole note in the consoleAs the Israelites had ended their wanderings through the desert, when they arrived in the steppes of Moab by the Jordan opposite to Jericho (Num 22:1), and as they began to take possession when the conquered land beyond Jordan was portioned out (ch. 32), the history of the desert wandering closes with a list of the stations which they had left behind them. This list was written out by Moses "at the command of Jehovah" (Num 33:2), as a permanent memorial for after ages, as every station which Israel left behind on the journey from Egypt to Canaan "through the great and terrible desert," was a memorial of the grace and faithfulness with which the Lord led His people safely "in the desert land…
Read the whole note in the consoleThence, when it now feels itself to be prepared, it sets out from Succoth and arrives at Etham. Etham is called "a valley." We have said that in these matters there is advance in the virtues. But virtue is not acquired except by exercises and toil, nor is it proved so much in prosperity as in adversity. One comes, then, to the valley as well. And in the valleys and in the lower places the contest is waged against the devil and the opposing powers. In the valley, then, the struggle must be carried on, and in the valley one must fight. So too Abraham fought in the valley of salt-pits against the barbarian kings, and there he obtained the victory. This traveler of ours descends, then, to those who are in the depths and in the lowest places, not that he may linger there, but that there he may obtain the victory.
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Etham: See Exod 13:20.
ומצרים מקברים AND THIS EGYPTIANS WERE BURYING [ALL THEIR FIRSTBORN] — they were busily occupied in their mourning.
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