Numbers 33:7 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 33:7

They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.

BSB

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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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pi-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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּסְעוּ֙	vai.yis.'U	and they set out	H5265 →
מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם	me.'e.Tam	from Etham	H864 →
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙	vai.Ya.shov	and he turned back	H7725 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
פִּ֣י	pi	Pi-	H6367 →
הַחִירֹ֔ת	ha.chi.Rot	hahiroth	H6367 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֖י	pe.Nei	[the] face of	H6440 →
בַּ֣עַל	Ba.'al	Baal-	H1189 →
צְפ֑וֹן	tze.Fon	Zephon	H1189 →
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ	vai.ya.cha.Nu	and they encamped	H2583 →
לִפְנֵ֥י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
מִגְדֹּֽל׃	mig.Dol	Migdol	H4024 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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.
Through
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.
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.
Through
Numbers 33:8
They 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.
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.

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Where the connections lead

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