And they departed from before Pihahiroth, 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.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| departed | וַיִּסְעוּ֙ vai.yis.'U | H5265 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| before | מִפְּנֵ֣י mi.pe.Nei | H6440 | the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct |
| Pi-hahiroth | הַֽחִירֹ֔ת ha.chi.Rot | H6367 | Pi-ha-Chiroth · definite article + proper noun, a place name |
| through | וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ vai.ya.'av.Ru | H5674 | to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| midst | בְתוֹךְ ve.tokh- | H8432 | a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct |
| sea | הַיָּ֖ם hai.Yam | H3220 | a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| wilderness | הַמִּדְבָּ֑רָה ha.mid.Ba.rah | H4057 | a pasture (i.e. open field · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix |
| went | יָלַךְ yâlak | H3212 | to walk (literally or figuratively) |
| three | שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת she.Lo.shet | H7969 | three · cardinal number, both genders singular construct |
| days’ | יָמִים֙ ya.Mim | H3117 | a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute |
| journey | דֶּ֣רֶךְ De.rekh | H1870 | a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct |
| wilderness | בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר be.mid.Bar | H4057 | a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct |
| Etham | אֵתָ֔ם 'e.Tam | H864 | Etham · proper noun, a place name |
| pitched | וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu | H2583 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| Marah | בְּמָרָֽה be.ma.Rah | H4785 | Marah · preposition + proper noun, a place name |
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Marah--thought to be Ain Howarah, both from its position and the time (three days) it would take them with their children and flocks to march from the water of Ayun Musa to that spot.
And they departed from before Pihahiroth,.... Being forced by Pharaoh's army pressing upon them: and passed through the midst of the sea; from shore to shore, as on dry laud: into the wilderness: that part of it which lay on the other side, for still it was the wilderness of Etham they went into, as follows: and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah; so called from the bitterness of the waters there, and which is computed to be forty miles from Pihahiroth.
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…
After these things they set out from Iroth and pass through the midst of the Red Sea, and they came to the bitter waters. We have said that the time of the journeyings is a time of dangers. How troublesome a trial it is to pass through the midst of the sea, to see the waves rising up in a heap, to hear the roar and crash of the raging billows; but nevertheless, if you follow Moses, that is, the law of God, the waters will become for you a wall on the right hand and on the left, and you will find a path through dry ground in the midst of the sea. But that heavenly journey too, which we have said the soul makes, may perhaps have some waters as well; it may be that there too waves are found; for there is a certain portion of waters above the heaven and a certain portion beneath the heaven, and we for the present endure the waves and billows of these waters that are beneath the heaven. God knows whether those others are always quiet and calm and are never stirred up by any winds that blow. But we for the present, when we have come to the crossing of the sea, even if we see Pharaoh and the Egyptians pursuing, let us not be alarmed at all; let there be no fear, no dread of these things. Let us only believe in the one true God and in his Son Jesus Christ whom he sent. And if it is said that the people believed God and his servant Moses, we too, in accordance with this, believe also Moses, that is, the law of God and the prophets. Be steadfast, therefore, and a little later you will see the Egyptians lying on the shore of the sea. And when you have seen them lying there, rise up and sing to the Lord in songs and praise him who has drowned the horse and the rider in the Red Sea. So then they came to the bitter waters. When you hear of bitter waters, do not be frightened nor terrified. For all instruction, for the present, does not seem to be sweet, but bitter; yet afterward it yields to those trained by it the sweetest and most peaceable fruit of righteousness itself, as the Apostle teaches. Finally, the unleavened bread too is commanded to be eaten with bitter herbs; nor is it possible to reach the land of promise unless we pass through bitter things. For just as physicians insert certain bitter ingredients into their medicines with a view to the safety and health of the sick, so too, with a view to our safety, the physician of our souls has willed us to suffer the…
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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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