Numbers 33:5

WEB

The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.

KJV

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

Commentary

Commentary

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses,.... Or Pelusium, as the same Targum again: and pitched in Succoth: whe re, as the same paraphrase says, they were covered with the clouds of glory, suggesting that to be the reason of its name; but that was rather because of the booths or tents the Israelites erected, pitched, and dwelt in, during their abode there: this, according to Bunting (b), was eight miles from Rameses; according to whose computation, for want of a better guide, the distances of the several stations from each other will be given. (b) Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 81.