Numbers 33 · Verse 6

Numbers 33:6

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

Numbers 33:6, King James Version

Numbers 33:6 in other translations

BSB	They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
WEB	They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
ASV	And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
YLT	And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which is in the extremity of the wilderness;
DARBY	And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.
BBE	And they went on from Succoth and put up their tents in Etham on the edge of the waste land.
Webster	And they departed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

What does Numbers 33:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. Etham--edge, or border of all that part of Arabia-Petræa which lay contiguous to Egypt and was known by the general name of Shur.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 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.

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 33:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּסְע֖וּvai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265

מִסֻּכֹּ֑תmi.su.Kotfrom SuccothH5523

וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583

בְאֵתָ֔םve.'e.Tamat EthamH864

אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834

בִּקְצֵ֥הbik.Tzeh[is] on [the] edge ofH7097

הַמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ha.mid.Barthe wildernessH4057

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Cross references for Numbers 33:6

Exodus 13:20
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

departed.
Ex 13:20
Succoth.Supposed to be the Suchæ mentioned by Pliny and the Scenas Mandrorum, in the Antonine Itinerary. The Editor of Calmet places it at Birket el Hadji, or "the Pilgrims' pool," a few miles east of Cairo.
Etham.This was evidently situated towards the north point of the Red sea. Calmet supposes it to be the same as Buthus or Butham, mentioned by Herodotus, who places it in Arabia, on the frontiers of Egypt.

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Context

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.
Numbers 33:7
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi–hahiroth, which is before Baal–zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

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Numbers 33:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y partiendo de Succoth, asentaron en Etham, que está al cabo del desierto.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et ils partirent de Succoth, et campèrent à Étham, qui est à l’extrémité du désert.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und sie brachen auf von Sukkoth und lagerten sich in Etham, das am Rande der Wüste liegt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et de Soccoth venerunt in Etham, quæ est in extremis finibus solitudinis.