Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:7
Pi-hahiroth, Baal-zephon . . . Migdol--(See on Exo 14:2).
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| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| removed | וַיִּסְעוּ֙ vai.yis.'U | H5265 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| Etham | מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם me.'e.Tam | H864 | Etham · preposition + proper noun, a place name |
| again | וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ vai.Ya.shov | H7725 | to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| Pi-hahiroth | פִּ֣י pi | H6367 | Pi-ha-Chiroth · proper noun, a place name |
| Baal-zephon | בַּ֣עַל Ba.'al | H1189 | Baal-Tsephon · proper noun, a place name |
| pitched | וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu | H2583 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| before | פְּנֵ֖י pe.Nei | H6440 | the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct |
| Migdol | מִגְדֹּֽל mig.Dol | H4024 | Migdol · proper noun, a place name |
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Pi-hahiroth, Baal-zephon . . . Migdol--(See on Exo 14:2).
And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pihahiroth,.... 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 signif…
Read the whole note in the consoleNumbers 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…
And they set out from Etham and arrived at the mouth of Hiroth. Hiroth is interpreted "a village." For one does not yet come to a city, nor are the things that are perfect yet held fast, but meanwhile at first each small thing is taken. For this is the advance: that one may come from small things to great. One comes, then, to the mouth, that is, to the first entrance of the village, which is a sign of moderate conduct and abstinence; for excessively great and immoderate abstinence is too perilous. Now this Hiroth is set over against Baal-zephon and over against Migdol. Baal-zephon is interpreted "the ascent of a watchtower" or "of a tower." From small things, then, one ascends to great, and one is set not yet on the watchtower itself, but over against the watchtower, that is, in sight of the watchtower. For it begins to keep watch and to look out upon future hope and to contemplate the height of its advances, and little by little it grows, so long as it is nourished more by hope than it is wearied by toils. And this station or stopping-place is over against Migdol, not yet in Migdol itself; for Migdol is called "magnificence." Having, then, in its sight both the ascent of the watchtower and the magnificence of things to come, it is pastured and nourished, as we have said, by enormous hopes; for it is in the midst of its advances, not yet set in perfection.
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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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