They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
KJV
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
Commentary
Commentary
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham,.... Which was eight miles from Succoth:
which is in the edge of the wilderness; of the name, see
Exo 13:20
but Dr. Shaw (c) makes this particular portion of the wilderness to be fifty miles from Cairo or Rameses.
(c) Travels, p. 308.
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