Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 13:20
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Verse Exodus 13:20. _ENCAMPED IN ETHAM._] As for the reasons assigned on Exodus 13:17, God would not lead the Israelites by the way of the Philistines' country, he directed them towards the wildernes...
ETHAM - The house or “sanctuary of Tum” (the Sun God worshipped especially by that name in Lower Egypt), was in the immediate vicinity of Heliopolis, called by the Egyptians the fortress of Zar, or Za...
6. REDEMPTION BY POWER CHAPTER 13:17-22 From Succoth to Etham _ 1. God's leading (Exodus 13:17)_ 2. Joseph's bones carried away (Exodus 13:19) 3. The pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire (Exodus...
ROUTE OF THE EXODUS (Exodus 13:17 E, Exodus 13:20 P). The religious insight of the writer (God led the people) is sounder than his knowledge of history: the Philistines-' presence cannot have been the...
FROM SUCCOTH, AND ENCAMPED IN ETHAM— The Lord for wise and good reasons, not thinking proper to lead the people directly into Canaan _through the land of the Philistines,_ which was but a journey of a...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 13 AND JE-HO-VAH SPAKE UNTO MO-SES, SAYING, (2) SANCITFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRST-BORN, WHATSOEVER OPENETH THE WOMB AMONG THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL, BOTH OF MAN AND OF BEAS...
_AND THEY TOOK THEIR JOURNEY FROM SUCCOTH, AND ENCAMPED IN ETHAM, IN THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS._ They took their journey from Succoth - (see the notes at Exodus 12:37; also at Leviticus 23:43; Numbe...
SUCCOTH] see on Exodus 12:37. ETHAM] not identified. It was probably one of the frontier fortifications. The WILDERNESS is probably that of Shur (cp. Exodus 15:22, and see on Genesis 16:7). In...
THE CONSECRATION OF THE FIRSTBORN. THE MARCH TO ETHAM 1-16. The Consecration of the Firstborn. All Israel was holy unto the Lord: see on Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6. But the firstborn of man and beast w...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 13 THE *ISRAELITES’ OLDEST SONS BELONG TO GOD – VERSES 1-16 THE TIME...
THE JOURNEY RESUMED. (20) THEY TOOK THEIR JOURNEY FROM SUCCOTH, AND ENCAMPED IN ETHAM. — The exact positions of both Succoth and Etham are uncertain, and can only be conjectured; but they probably lay...
וַ יִּסְע֖וּ מִ סֻּכֹּ֑ת וַ יַּחֲנ֣וּ בְ
CHAPTER XIII. _ THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN._ Exodus 13:1. Much that was said in the twelfth chapter is repeated in the thirteenth. And this repetition is clearly due to a formal rehearsal, made when a...
THE PEOPLE ARE LED OUT AND PURSUED Exodus 13:17; Exodus 14:1 There were two routes to Canaan, the nearest through the land of the Philistines; but to take that would have exposed the Hebrews to the v...
As the Passover feast signified the deliverance from death by obedience, and the sprinkling of blood signified redemption through death, the feast of Unleavened Bread was established in connection wit...
_Etham. A city on the banks of the Red Sea, giving its name to one of the gulfs, which the Greeks called after the city of Heropolis. (Pliny, Natural History vi. 29.) The Septuagint translate, "They e...
The Holy Ghost by his servant Paul hath given us sufficient authority to explain this pillar of cloud, this Shechinah, in express application to the Lord Jesus Christ, the great angel of the Covenant....
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
AND THEY TOOK THEIR JOURNEY FROM SUCCOTH,.... On the second day, as Jarchi observes, from their coming out of Egypt, which was the sixteenth of Nisan: AND ENCAMPED IN ETHAM, in the edge of the wilder...
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. Ver. 20. _From Succoth._] Their first rendezvous. Exo 12:37...
1 The first borne are sanctified to God. 3 The memoriall of the Passeouer is commanded. 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 17 The Israelites goe out of Egypt, and cary Iosephs bones with th...
And they took their journey from Succoth, apparently nothing more than an encampment on the boundary of the desert toward Philistia, AND ENCAMPED IN ETHAM, IN THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS. Instead of co...
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY...
FOURTH SECTION Direction of the Exodus. The Pursuit. The Distress. The Red Sea. The Song of Triumph Exodus 13:17 to Exodus 15:21 A. DIRECTION OF THE MARCH. THE DISTRESS. PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA....
GOD'S CLAIMS ON THE FIRSTBORN (vs.1-2) Rather than God's allowing the people to rush to get out of the borders of Egypt, He calmly insists first on His own claims over Israel. Only in verse 20 of thi...
17-20 There were two ways from Egypt to Canaan. One was only a few days' journey; the other was much further about, through the wilderness, and that was the way in which God chose to lead his people...
In the opening verses of this chapter, we are taught, clearly and distinctly, that personal devotedness and personal holiness are fruits which redeeming love produces in those who are the happy subjec...
Exodus 13:20 journey H5265 (H8799) Succoth H5523 camped H2583 (H8799) Etham H864 edge H7097 wilderness H4057...
YAHWEH LEADS HIS PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT IN TRIUMPH (EXODUS 13:17 TO EXODUS 14:31). The acknowledgement of Yahweh's initial deliverance having been dealt with the narrative now moves on to the escape fro...
CONTENTS: Firstborn set apart for Jehovah. Directions for feast of unleavened bread and consecration of males. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: The believer should retain remembrance of G...
Exodus 13:2. _Sanctify unto me all the firstborn._ The firstborn having the birthright, were, according to the patriarchal economy, the priests of God. The firstlings of the clean beasts were to be of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 13:21. A pillar of cloud] Most interesting is it to trace the Scripture allusions to this pillar. How completely the Hebrew camp was controlled in its movements by it may be se...
EXPOSITION THE DIRECTION OF THE JOURNEY.—The direct road from Tanis to Palestine—a road much frequented under the nineteenth dynasty—lay along the coast of the Mediterranean, and conducted to Philisti...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine (Exodus 13:1-2). All right, no...
Numbers 33:5 Numbers 33:6...