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Exodus 13:20 KJV
Exodus · chapter 13 · verse 20
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.Exodus 13:20 · King James Version
Exodus 13:20 in context
18But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21And 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:
22He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- encampedchânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
- journeynâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- SuccothÇukkôwthSuccoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in PalestineH5523 →
- EthamʼÊthâmEtham, a place in the DesertH864 →
- edgeqâtsehan extremityH7097 →
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Here is, I. The choice God made of their way, Exo 13:17, Exo 13:18. He was their guide. Moses gave them direction but as he received it from the Lord. Note, The way of man is not in himself, Jer 10:23. He may devise his way, and design it; but, after all, it is God that directs his steps, Pro 16:9.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-22