Numbers - 33:5



5 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 33:5.

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And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
And they camped in Soccoth.
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
and the sons of Israel journey from Rameses, and encamp in Succoth.
So the children of Israel went from Rameses and put up their tents in Succoth.
The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and camped in Succoth.
And they made camp at Soccoth.
Profecti sunt, inquam, filii Israel e Ramesse, ct castrametati sunt in Suchoth.

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Historical Commentaries

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And pitched in Succoth - This name signifies booths or tents, and probably refers to no town or village, but simply designates the place where they pitched their tents for the first time after their departure from Rameses.
Stat. 2.

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses,.... Or Pelusium, as the same Targum again:
and pitched in Succoth: where, as the same paraphrase says, they were covered with the clouds of glory, suggesting that to be the reason of its name; but that was rather because of the booths or tents the Israelites erected, pitched, and dwelt in, during their abode there: this, according to Bunting (b), was eight miles from Rameses; according to whose computation, for want of a better guide, the distances of the several stations from each other will be given.
(b) Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 81.

pitched in Succoth--that is, "booths"--a place of no note except as a temporary halting place, at Birketel-Hadji, the Pilgrim's Pool [CALMET].

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