Numbers - 33:6

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6 They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 33:6.

Differing Translations

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And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the uttermost borders of the wilderness.
And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.
And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
And they departed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which is in the extremity of the wilderness;
And they went on from Succoth and put up their tents in Etham on the edge of the waste land.
They traveled from Succoth, and camped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
And from Soccoth they went to Etham, which is at the furthest limits of the wilderness.
Profecti autem de Suchoth, castrametati sunt in Etham, qum est in extremo deserti.

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Historical Commentaries

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Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness - This place is not well known; Dr. Shaw supposes it to have been one mile from Cairo. Calmet thinks it is the city of Buthum mentioned by Herodotus, which he places in Arabia, on the frontiers of Egypt.
Stat. 3.

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.

Etham--edge, or border of all that part of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbr;a which lay contiguous to Egypt and was known by the general name of Shur.

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