The Meaning of Exodus 13:20 Explained

Exodus 13:20

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

YLT: And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham at the extremity of the wilderness,

Darby: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, at the end of the wilderness.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Exodus 13:20?

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What is the context of Exodus 13:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Exodus 13:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 13:17-22 - The People Are Led Out And Pursued

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 very sights that so dismayed the twelve spies. See Numbers 33:1-56. They might have had to fight every mile of advance. This would have been too great an ordeal for their young faith. So God, like the mother eagle, bore them on His wings. The Angel who conducted the march in the cloud chariot, led them about. Thus God deals with us still, tempering the wind to the shorn lamb. Patience and faith are still severely tested by the circuitous and laborious route, but when in the afterwards we understand God's reasons, we are satisfied. There are many lessons learned on the wilderness route. How often God leads us into what seem to be impossible positions, that in our absolute extremity there may be room for Him to work. All is love. See Psalms 136:1-26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 13

¹ The firstborn are sanctified to God
³ The memorial of the Passover is commanded
¹¹ The firstborn of man and beast are set apart
¹⁷ The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them
²⁰ They come to Etham
²¹ God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire

What do the individual words in Exodus 13:20 mean?

So they took their journey from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם בִּקְצֵ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר

וַיִּסְע֖וּ	So they took their journey
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נָסַע Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת	from Succoth
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: סֻכֹּות Sense: the site where Jacob put up booths for his cattle and built a house for himself; apparently east of the Jordan near the ford of the torrent Jabbok and later allotted to the tribe of Gad.
וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ	and camped
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: חָנָה Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
בְאֵתָ֔ם	in Etham
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אֵתָם Sense: a stopping place for Israel during the Exodus.
בִּקְצֵ֖ה	at the edge
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קָצֶה Sense: end, extremity.
הַמִּדְבָּֽר	of the wilderness
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִדְבָּר Sense: wilderness.

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