Numbers 33 · Verse 5

Numbers 33:5

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Numbers 33:5, King James Version

Numbers 33:5 in other translations

BSBThe Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
WEBThe children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
ASVAnd the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
YLTand the sons of Israel journey from Rameses, and encamp in Succoth.
DARBYAnd the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
BBESo the children of Israel went from Rameses and put up their tents in Succoth.
WebsterAnd the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.

What does Numbers 33:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. 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].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 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.

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 33:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּסְע֥וּvai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑סme.ra'.me.Sesfrom RamesesH7486
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּסֻכֹּֽת\׃be.su.Kotat SuccothH5523

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 33:5

  • Exodus 12:37

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
removed.
Ex 12:37
Rameses.This appears to have been the capital of the land of Goshen, and the rendezvous of the Israelites. It is placed by Jerome in the extremity of Egypt, in the Arsenoitic nome.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Numbers 33:5

    And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

  • Numbers 33:6

    And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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Numbers 33:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Partieron, pues, los hijos de Israel de Rameses, y asentaron campo en Succoth.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils d’Israël partirent de Ramsès, et campèrent à Succoth.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Kinder Israel brachen auf von Raemses und lagerten sich in Sukkoth.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		castrametati sunt in Soccoth.