Numbers 33 · Verse 3

Numbers 33:3

And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Numbers 33:3, King James Version

Numbers 33:3 in other translations

BSBOn the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
WEBThey traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
ASVAnd they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
YLTAnd they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover have the sons of Israel gone out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians--
DARBYThey journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
BBEOn the fifteenth day of the first month they went out from Rameses; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out by the power of the Lord before the eyes of all the Egyptians,
WebsterAnd they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

What does Numbers 33:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Rameses--generally identified with Heroopoils, now the modern Abu-Keisheid (see on Ex 12:37), which was probably the capital of Goshen, and, by direction of Moses, the place of general rendezvous previous to their departure.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 From Rameses - This appears to have been the metropolis of the land of Goshen, and the place of rendezvous whence the whole Israelitish nation set out on their journey to the promised land; and is supposed to be the same as Cairo. See the notes on Exo 12:37. Here Follow the Forty-Two Stations Station 1.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 33:1-49

This is a brief review of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It is a memorable history. In their travels towards Canaan they were continually on the remove. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city, and all our removes in this world are but from one part a desert to another. They were led to and fro, forward and backward, yet were all the while under the direction…

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Numbers 33:3 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּסְע֤וּvai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265
מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙me.ra'.me.Sesfrom RamesesH7486
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320
הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.Shon<the> firstH7223
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥הba.cha.mi.Shahon [the] fif-H2568
עָשָׂ֛ר'a.SarteenH6240
י֖וֹםYomdayH3117
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320
הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןha.ri.Shon<the> firstH7223
מִֽמָּחֳרַ֣תmi.mo.cho.Ratfrom [the] next day ofH4283
הַפֶּ֗סַחha.Pe.sachthe passoverH6453
יָצְא֤וּya.tze.'Uthey went outH3318
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּיָ֣דbe.Yadwith a handH3027
רָמָ֔הra.MahraisedH7311
לְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyesH5869
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4713

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Cross references for Numbers 33:3

  • Exodus 14:8

    And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

  • Exodus 13:4

    This day came ye out in the month Abib.

  • Exodus 12:37

    And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

  • Genesis 47:11

    And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

  • Psalms 105:38

    Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

  • Isaiah 52:12

    For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

  • Micah 2:13

    The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

  • Exodus 12:2

    This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

  • Exodus 1:11

    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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they departed.
Ge 47:11; Ex 1:11; 12:37
in the first.
Ex 12:2; 13:4
with an high.
Ex 14:8; Ps 105:38; Isa 52:12; Mic 2:13

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Context

  • Numbers 33:2

    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.

  • Numbers 33:3

    And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

  • Numbers 33:4

    For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

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Numbers 33:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Rameses partieron en el mes primero, á los quince días del mes primero: el segundo día de la pascua salieron los hijos de Israel con mano alta, á ojos de todos los Egipcios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils partirent de Ramsès, le premier mois, le quinzième jour du premier mois: le lendemain de la Pâque, les fils d’Israël sortirent à main levée, aux yeux de tous les Égyptiens;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie brachen auf von Raemses im ersten Monat, am fünfzehnten Tage des ersten Monats. Am anderen Tage nach dem Passah zogen die Kinder Israel aus mit erhobener Hand, vor den Augen aller Ägypter,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Profecti igitur de Ramesse mense primo, quintadecima die mensis primi, altera die Phase, filii Israël in manu excelsa, videntibus cunctis Ægyptiis,