Numbers 33:7
in Numbers 33They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
KJV
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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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
6 notes on this versePi-hahiroth - See on Exo 14:1 (note), and Exo 14:2 (note). Baal-zephon Calmet supposes to be the Clysma of the Greeks, and the Kolzum of the Arabians. Stat. 4.
This site's exposition
and pitched in Succoth
on Numbers 33:5-11
These first stages track Exodus 12 to 16 name for name, Succoth, Etham, Pi-hahiroth before Migdol, the crossing of the sea, Marah and Elim with its twelve fountains and seventy palm trees. Verse 10, the camp by the Red sea, has no place in the Exodus narrative, which moves straight from Elim to the wilderness of Sin at Exodus 16:1. John Gill marks the omission where it falls. The list keeps camps the story had no occasion to mention.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
Iroth [Pi-hahiroth] means "villages." For the soul has not yet come to the city, nor is what is perfect already held, but first and for the moment some small places are taken. For progress consists in coming to great things from small ones.
This camp or stage is opposite Magdalum [Migdol] but not yet in Magdalum itself. For Magdalum means "grandeur." Thus, since it has in view both the ascent of watching and the grandeur of things to come, the soul, as we have said, is fed and nourished by great hopes. It is now situated in starting places and not in perfection.
Iroth is situated opposite Beelsephon [Baal-zephon] and opposite Magdalum. Beelsephon means "the ascent of the watchtower or citadel." So the soul ascends from small things to great and is not yet placed in that watchtower but opposite the watchtower, that is, in sight of the watchtower. For it begins to watch and to look for the future hope and to contemplate the height of the progresses; little by little it grows, while it is more nourished by hope than worn out by toils.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pihahiroth,.... Which was sixteen miles from Etham.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּסְעוּ֙ | vaiyisu | and they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם | meetam | from Etham | H864 → | 4 times |
| וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ | vaiyashov | and he turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֣י | pi | Pi- | H6367 → | 7 times |
| הַחִירֹ֔ת | hachirot | hahiroth | H6367 → | 7 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בַּ֣עַל | baal | Baal- | H1189 → | |
| צְפ֑וֹן | tzefon | Zephon | H1189 → | |
| וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | vaiyachanu | and they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מִגְדֹּֽל׃ | migdol | Migdol | H4024 → |
וַיִּסְעוּ֙and they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
מֵֽאֵתָ֔םfrom Etham
meetamH864 →4 times
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙and he turned back
vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֣יPi-
piH6367 →7 times
הַחִירֹ֔תhahiroth
hachirotH6367 →7 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
בַּ֣עַלBaal-
baalH1189 →
צְפ֑וֹןZephon
tzefonH1189 →
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped
vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
מִגְדֹּֽל׃Migdol
migdolH4024 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 14:2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:7–8
They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
- Jeremiah 44:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
- Exodus 13:17–18
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might…
- Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
- Exodus 14:9
The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
- Numbers 33:7–8
Through
Exodus 14:9The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:9
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Joshua 24:6
When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
- Exodus 15:9
Through
Numbers 33:8They 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:22–26
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- Exodus 15:22–26
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:9.