Exodus 13:20

Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

In Context

19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly keep you in mind; and you are to take my bones away with you.

21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:

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Cross References

Exodus 12:37And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.

Numbers 33:6And they went on from Succoth and put up their tents in Etham on the edge of the waste land.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 13:18-22

The Pillar of Fire and Fire. ( b. c. 1491.) 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But 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. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly… Read the whole commentary →

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