Text -- Numbers 33:1-6 (NET)

Wanderings from Egypt to Sinai

33:1 These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority of Moses and Aaron. 33:2 Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures. 33:3 They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in plain sight of all the Egyptians. 33:4 Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed among them; the Lord also executed judgments on their gods. 33:5 The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped in Succoth. 33:6 They traveled from Succoth, and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 33:1

¹ sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).

² tn Heb “hand.”

NET Notes: Num 33:2

¹ tn Heb “their goings out.”

² tn Heb “mouth.”

NET Notes: Num 33:3

¹ tn Heb “morrow.”

² tn Heb “with a high hand”; the expression means “defiantly; boldly” or “with confidence.” The phrase is usually used for arrogant sin and pride, the defiant fist, as it were. The image of the high hand can also mean the hand raised to deliver the blow (Job 38:15).

³ tn Heb “in the eyes.”