Numbers 33:6

 Numbers 33:6

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

a. NLT: Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which is in the extremity of the wilderness; [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: And they departed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Septuagint: And they departed from Socchoth and encamped in Buthan, which is a part of the wilderness.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: They journeyed from succoth and encamped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham…”

a. [And they] departed [Strong: 5265 naca` naw-sah' a primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey:--cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.]

b. [from] Succoth [Strong: 5523 Cukkowth sook-kohth' or Cukkoth {sook-kohth'}; plural of 5521; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine:-- Succoth.]

c. [and] pitched [Strong: 2583 chanah khaw-naw' a primitive root (Compare 2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege):--abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.]

d. [in] Etham [Strong: 864 'Etham ay-thawm' of Egyptian derivation; Etham, a place in the Desert:--Etham.]

2. “...which is in the edge of the wilderness.”

 

a. which [Strong: 834 'aher ash-er' a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:--X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]

b. [is in the] edge [Strong: 7097 qatseh kaw-tseh' or (negative only) qetseh {kay'-tseh}; from 7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; Compare 7093):--X after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-)finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-)side, X some, ut(-ter-)most (part).]

c. [oth the] wilderness [Strong: 4057 midbar mid-bawr' from 1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs):--desert, south, speech, wilderness.]

1). It is here that i appears that the LORD’s presence in the pillar of fire and the pillar of cloud began.

a). Exodus 13:20, 21 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: