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It is a memorable history. In their travels towards Canaan they were continually on the remove. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city, and all our removes in this world are but from one part a desert to another. They were led to and fro, forward and backward, yet were all the while under the direction of the pillar of cloud and fire. God led them about, yet led them the right way. The way God takes in bringing his people to himself is always the best way, though it does not always seem to us the nearest way. Former events are mentioned. Thus we ought to keep in mind the providences of God concerning us and families, us and our land, and the many instances of that Divine care which has led us, and fed us, and kept us all our days hitherto. Few periods of our lives can be thought upon, without reminding us of the Lord's goodness, and our own ingratitude and disobedience: his kindness leaves us without excuse for our sins. We could not wish to travel over again the stages we have passed, unless we could hope, by the grace of God, to shun the sins we then committed, and to embrace such opportunities of doing good as we have let slip. Soon will our wanderings end, and our eternal state be fixed beyond recall; how important then is the present moment! Happy are those whom the Lord now guides with his counsel, and will at length receive to his glory. To this happiness the gospel calls us. Behold now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. Let sinners seize the opportunity, and flee for refuge to the hope set before them. Let us redeem our time, to glorify God and serve our generation; and he will carry us safely through all, to his eternal kingdom.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/numbers/33.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>This list was written out by Moses at God's command <a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2</a>, doubtless as a memorial of God's providential care for His people throughout this long and trying period.<p><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3-6</a>. For these places, see the marginal reference.<a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/numbers/33.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>5. pitched in Succoth—that is, "booths"—a place of no note except as a temporary halting place, at Birketel-Hadji, the Pilgrim's Pool [Calmet].<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/numbers/33.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/numbers/33.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And the children of Israel removed from Rameses,.... Or Pelusium, as the same Targum again: <p>and pitched in Succoth: where, as the same paraphrase says, they were covered with the clouds of glory, suggesting that to be the reason of its name; but that was rather because of the booths or tents the Israelites erected, pitched, and dwelt in, during their abode there: this, according to Bunting (b), was eight miles from Rameses; according to whose computation, for want of a better guide, the distances of the several stations from each other will be given. <p>(b) Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 81. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/numbers/33.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div>Numbers 33:5<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/numbers/33.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>The first and second verses form the heading: "These are the marches of the children of Israel, which they marched out," i.e., the marches which they made from one place to another, on going out of Egypt. מסּע does not mean a station, but the breaking up of a camp, and then a train, or march (see at <a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a>, and <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Genesis 13:3</a>). לצבאתם (see <a href="/exodus/7-4.htm">Exodus 7:4</a>). בּיד, under the guidance, as in <a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/4-28.htm">Numbers 4:28</a>, and <a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">Exodus 38:21</a>. למסעיהם מוצאיהם, "their goings out (properly, their places of departure) according to their marches," is really equivalent to the clause which follows: "their marches according to their places of departure." The march of the people is not described by the stations, or places of encampment, but by the particular spots from which they set out. Hence the constant repetition of the word ויּסעוּ, "and they broke up." In <a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3-5</a>, the departure is described according to <a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/12-17.htm">Exodus 12:17</a>, <a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37-41</a>. On the judgments of Jehovah upon the gods of Egypt, see at <a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Exodus 12:12</a>. "With an high hand:" as in <a href="/exodus/14-8.htm">Exodus 14:8</a>. - The places of encampment from Succoth to the desert of Sinai (<a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5-15</a>) agree with those in the historical account, except that the stations at the Red Sea (<a href="/numbers/33-10.htm">Numbers 33:10</a>) and those at Dophkah and Alush (<a href="/numbers/33-13.htm">Numbers 33:13</a> and <a href="/numbers/33-14.htm">Numbers 33:14</a>) are passed over there. For Raemses, see at <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a>. Succoth and Etham (<a href="/exodus/13-20.htm">Exodus 13:20</a>). Pihahiroth (<a href="/exodus/14-2.htm">Exodus 14:2</a>). "The wilderness" (<a href="/numbers/33-8.htm">Numbers 33:8</a>) is the desert of Shur, according to <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Exodus 15:22</a>. Marah, see <a href="/exodus/15-23.htm">Exodus 15:23</a>. Elim (<a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27</a>). For the Red Sea and the wilderness of Sin, see <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1</a>. For Dophkah, Alush, and Rephidim, see <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1</a>; and for the wilderness of Sinai, <a href="/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2</a>.<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/numbers/33-5.htm">Numbers 33:5 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../numbers/33-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 33:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/33-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>