Numbers 33:1-56

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:3

They departed from Rameses. Hebrew, Raemses. See on Exodus 1:11 ; Exodus 12:1-51 :87. The brief description here given of the departure from Egypt touches upon every material circumstance as related at large in Exodus 11:1-10 :41. In the sight of all the Egyptians. The journey was begun by night ( Exodus 12:42 ), but was of course con-tinned on the following day. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:4

Buried all their first-born, which the Lord had smitten among them. Literally, "were burying those whom the Lord had smitten among them, viz; all the first-born." The fact that the Egyptians were so universally employed about the funeral rites of their first-born—rites to which they paid such extreme attention—seems to be mentioned here as supplying one reason at least why the Israelites began their outward march without opposition. It is in perfect accordance with what we know of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:6

Etham. See on Exodus 13:20 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:7

Pi-hahiroth. Hebrew, "Hahi-roth," without the prefix. See on Exodus 14:2 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:8

In the wilderness of Etham. This is called the wilderness of Shur in Exodus 15:22 , nor is it easy to explain the occurrence of the name Etham in this connection, for the Etham mentioned in Exodus 15:6 lay on the other side of the Red Sea. We do not, however, know what physical changes have taken place since that time, and it is quite possible that at Etham there may have been a ford, or some other easy means of communication, so that the strip of desert along the opposite shore came to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:9

Elim. See on Exodus 15:27 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:10

Encamped by the Red Sea. This encampment, like those at Dophkah and at Alush ( Numbers 33:13 ), is not mentioned in the narrative of Exodus. The phraseology, however, used in Exodus 16:1 ; Exodus 17:1 leaves abundant room for intermediate halting-places, at which it is to be presumed that nothing very noteworthy happened Nothing whatever is known of these three stations. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:15

The wilderness of Sinai. See on Exodus 19:1 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:17

Kibroth-hattaavah … Hazeroth. See on Numbers 11:34 , Numbers 11:35 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 33:18

Rithmah. Comparing this verso with Numbers 12:16 and Numbers 13:26 , it would appear as if Rithmah were the station "in the wilderness of Paran" from which the spies went up, and to which they returned—a station subsequently known by the name of Kadesh. There are two difficulties in the way of this identification. In the first place we should then only have three names of stations between Sinai and the southern border of Palestine, on what is at least eleven days' journey. This is,... read more

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