Numbers 33 · Verse 8

Numbers 33:8

And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Numbers 33:8, King James Version

Numbers 33:8 in other translations

BSBThey set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
WEBThey traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
ASVAnd they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
YLTAnd they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah.
DARBYAnd they removed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
BBEAnd journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.
WebsterAnd they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.

What does Numbers 33:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Marah--thought to be Ain Howarah, both from its position and the time (three days) it would take them with their children and flocks to march from the water of Ayun Musa to that spot.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 And went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham - Called the wilderness of Shur, Exo 15:22. And pitched in Marah - Dr. Shaw supposes this place to be at Sedur, over against the valley of Baideah, on the opposite side of the Red Sea. Stat. 5.

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 33:8 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.

וַיִּסְעוּ֙vai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
הַֽחִירֹ֔תha.chi.Rot<the> HahirothH6367
וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּvai.ya.'av.Ruand they passedH5674
בְתוֹךְ\־ve.tokh-in [the] middle ofH8432
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220
הַמִּדְבָּ֑רָהha.mid.Ba.rahthe wilderness towardsH4057
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּvai.Ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980
דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekha journey ofH1870
שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969
יָמִים֙ya.MimdaysH3117
בְּמִדְבַּ֣רbe.mid.Barin [the] wilderness ofH4057
אֵתָ֔ם'e.TamEthamH864
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּמָרָֽה\׃be.ma.Rahat MarahH4785

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

Cross references for Numbers 33:8

  • Exodus 15:22-26

    So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, …

  • Exodus 14:21-31

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
departed.
Ex 14:21,22-31; 15:22-26
Etham.Called Shur in Exodus; but Dr. Shaw says that Shur is a particular district of the wilderness of Etham.

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

Context

  • Numbers 33:7

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

  • Numbers 33:8

    And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

  • Numbers 33:9

    And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

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Numbers 33:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y partiendo de Pi-hahiroth, pasaron por medio de la mar al desierto, y anduvieron camino de tres días por el desierto de Etham, y asentaron en Mara.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils partirent de devant Hahiroth, et passèrent au milieu de la mer, vers le désert, et allèrent le chemin de trois jours dans le désert d’Étham, et campèrent à Mara.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie brachen auf von Hachiroth und zogen mitten durchs Meer nach der Wüste hin, und sie zogen drei Tagereisen in der Wüste Etham und lagerten sich in Mara.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Profectique de Phihahiroth, transierunt per medium mare in solitudinem: et ambulantes tribus diebus per desertum Etham, castrametati sunt in Mara.