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They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month—on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites moved out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in the sight of all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They moved from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. The Israelites boldly left in full view of all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after the first Passover. Under the LORD's protection they left the city of Rameses in full view of the Egyptians, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of that first month. The day after the Passover, the Israelis came out confidently, and all the Egyptians watched them leave, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the children of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; from the day after the Passover the sons of Israel have gone out with a high hand before the eyes of all the Egyptians—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover have the sons of Israel gone out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will remove from Rameses in the first month, in the fifteenth day to the first month: on the morrow of the passover and the sons of Israel went forth with a high hand before the eyes of all the Egyptians.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now the children of Israel departed from Ramesses the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the phase, with a mighty hand, in the eight of all the Egyptians, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus the sons of Israel set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, with an exalted hand, being seen by all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went forth in triumph, in view of all Egypt,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the passover the Israelites went out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a mighty hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they picked up from Ramsis on the fifteenth in the first month after Passover. The children of Israel went out from Egypt by a high hand before the eyes of all the Egyptians.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They departed from Ramesses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the passover the children of Israel went forth with a high hand before all the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/33-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10203" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">The Forty-Two Journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points: <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ba·ḥă·miš·šāh (Prep-b, Art:: Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">On the fifteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">of the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4283.htm" title="4283: mim·mā·ḥo·raṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- The morrow. Or mochoratham; feminine from the same as machar; the morrow or tomorrow.">the day after</a> <a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: hap·pe·saḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">the Passover,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">the Israelites set out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7486.htm" title="7486: mê·ra‘·mə·sês (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Eg. Or Raamcec; of Egyptian origin; Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt.">from Rameses.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">They</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">marched out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yāḏ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">defiantly</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: rā·māh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê (Prep-l:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in full view</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4713.htm" title="4713: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- Inhab. of Eg. From Mitsrayim; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim.">the Egyptians,</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Exodus 12:41-42</a></span><br />At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt. / Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-51.htm">Exodus 12:51</a></span><br />And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3-4</a></span><br />So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. / Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9</a></span><br />It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-8.htm">Exodus 14:8</a></span><br />And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1</a></span><br />Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-11</a></span><br />On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-38.htm">Psalm 105:38</a></span><br />Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-10.htm">Psalm 136:10-11</a></span><br />He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever. / and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-17.htm">Exodus 12:17</a></span><br />So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29-31</a></span><br />Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. / During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead. / Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Exodus 13:14</a></span><br />In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.</p><p class="hdg">they departed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">Genesis 47:11</a></b></br> And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11</a></b></br> Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a></b></br> And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot <i>that were</i> men, beside children.</p><p class="hdg">in the first</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2</a></b></br> This month <i>shall be</i> unto you the beginning of months: it <i>shall be</i> the first month of the year to you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-4.htm">Exodus 13:4</a></b></br> This day came ye out in the month Abib.</p><p class="hdg">with an high</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-8.htm">Exodus 14:8</a></b></br> And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-38.htm">Psalm 105:38</a></b></br> Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Isaiah 52:12</a></b></br> For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel <i>will be</i> your rereward.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Boldly</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/24-25.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/numbers/20-15.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/numbers/24-16.htm">High</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">Marched</a> <a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Month</a> <a href="/numbers/22-41.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">Power</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Rameses</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Ram'eses</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/numbers/16-47.htm">Started</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Triumphantly</a> <a href="/numbers/23-9.htm">View</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">Boldly</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/33-6.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-4.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/numbers/33-55.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/numbers/35-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">High</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-43.htm">Marched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-38.htm">Month</a> <a href="/joshua/3-5.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-24.htm">Power</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Rameses</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Ram'eses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/joshua/2-23.htm">Started</a> <a href="/psalms/59-10.htm">Triumphantly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">View</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">The forty-two journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">The Canaanites are to be destroyed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><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> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/numbers/33.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>On the fifteenth day</b><br />This phrase marks a specific time in the Hebrew calendar, the 15th day of the first month, which is Nisan. This day is significant as it marks the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, following the Passover. The Hebrew calendar is lunar-based, and this timing is crucial in understanding the rhythm of Israel's religious life. The fifteenth day is a day of celebration and remembrance, a time when the Israelites were to reflect on God's deliverance from Egypt. It is a reminder of God's perfect timing and His sovereignty over the events of history.<p><b>of the first month</b><br />The first month, known as Nisan or Abib, is a time of new beginnings in the Hebrew calendar. It is a month that signifies spring and renewal, aligning with the theme of liberation and new life that Passover represents. Theologically, it points to the idea of redemption and the start of a new covenant relationship with God. This month sets the stage for the Israelites' journey and their identity as a people set apart for God's purposes.<p><b>the Israelites set out</b><br />This phrase indicates a decisive action taken by the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "set out" (נָסַע, nasa) conveys the idea of pulling up tent pegs, symbolizing a readiness to move and a willingness to follow God's leading. It reflects the obedience and faith required to leave behind the familiar and step into the unknown. This movement is not just physical but spiritual, as the Israelites transition from slavery to freedom, from Egypt to the Promised Land.<p><b>from Rameses</b><br />Rameses, or Raamses, was a city in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived during their time in Egypt. It was a place of both provision and oppression, as they were sustained yet enslaved there. Archaeologically, Rameses is associated with the store cities built by the Israelites under Pharaoh's harsh rule. Leaving Rameses symbolizes breaking free from bondage and the beginning of a journey toward God's promises.<p><b>on the day after the Passover</b><br />This phrase highlights the immediacy of the Israelites' departure following the Passover. The Passover was a pivotal event, marking God's deliverance and protection as the angel of death passed over the homes marked with the blood of the lamb. The day after Passover signifies a new chapter, where the Israelites move from the safety of their homes into the wilderness, trusting in God's continued guidance and provision. It underscores the theme of salvation and the call to walk in faith.<p><b>They marched out</b><br />The term "marched out" suggests an organized, purposeful movement. It conveys a sense of unity and determination among the Israelites as they leave Egypt. The Hebrew word used here can imply a military-like procession, indicating that the Israelites were not fleeing in chaos but were leaving with dignity and order, as a people under God's command. This reflects their transformation from a group of slaves to a nation under God's leadership.<p><b>with boldness</b><br />Boldness here is a testament to the Israelites' newfound confidence in God's promises and protection. The Hebrew root (יָד רָמָה, yad ramah) can be translated as "with a high hand," suggesting triumph and victory. This boldness is not of their own making but is rooted in their trust in God's deliverance. It serves as an inspiration for believers to live courageously, knowing that God goes before them and fights their battles.<p><b>in the sight of all the Egyptians</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the public nature of the Israelites' departure. It was a visible demonstration of God's power and faithfulness, witnessed by their former oppressors. The Egyptians, who had once held the Israelites in bondage, now saw them leaving victoriously. This act served as a testimony to God's sovereignty and a fulfillment of His promise to Abraham. It reminds believers that God's deliverance is often a witness to the world of His glory and might.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3-5) <span class= "bld">And they departed . . . --</span>In these verses the departure from Rameses, at which place the Israelites seem to have been gathered together previously to the exodus, is related as in <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm" title="And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.">Exodus 12:37</a>. The places of encampment from Succoth to the wilderness of Sinai (<a href="/context/numbers/33-6.htm" title="And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.">Numbers 33:6-15</a>) agree with those which are recorded in <a href="/exodus/13-20.htm" title="And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.">Exodus 13:20</a> (Succoth and Etham), 14:2 (Pi-hahiroth and Migdol), 15:22 (the wilderness, <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>of Shur), 15:23-27 (Marah and Elim), 16:1 (wilderness of Sin), 17:1 (Rephidim), except that there is no mention in Exodus of the station at the Red Sea (<a href="/numbers/33-10.htm" title="And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.">Numbers 33:10</a>), and of the stations at Dophkah and Alush (<a href="/context/numbers/33-12.htm" title="And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.">Numbers 33:12-13</a>). The first two stations named after the departure from Sinai, viz., Kibroth-hattaavah, or the <span class= "ital">graves of lust, </span>and Hazeroth, <span class= "ital">enclosures, </span>agree with those which are found in <a href="/context/numbers/11-34.htm" title="And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.">Numbers 11:34-35</a>. The next station named in this list is Rithmah. Now, according to <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm" title="And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.">Numbers 12:16</a>, the next encampment after Hazeroth was in the wilderness of Paran, from whence Moses, in obedience to the Divine command, sent the spies to search out the land of Canaan (<a href="/numbers/13-3.htm" title="And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.">Numbers 13:3</a>). If, then, we compare these two accounts, and take into further consideration the fact that the Wady <span class= "ital">Abu Retemat </span>is not far distant from Kadesh, and that, according to Robinson (I., p. 279), it abounds with the <span class= "ital">retem, </span>or broom, and that near it there is a copious spring of water called <span class= "ital">Ain el Kudeirat, </span>it seems reasonable to infer that the encampment at Rithmah which is recorded in this chapter is the same as that at Kadesh, "in the wilderness of Paran," as recorded in <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm" title="And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.">Numbers 12:16</a>. If this inference be admitted, it is reasonable to conclude further that the seventeen places of encampment which are mentioned in <a href="/context/numbers/33-19.htm" title="And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.">Numbers 33:19-36</a> between Rithmah and Kadesh are those at which the Israelites pitched their camps during the thirty-eight years of wandering in the wilderness. An apparent difficulty, however, arises on this supposition out of a comparison of <a href="/context/numbers/33-30.htm" title="And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.">Numbers 33:30-33</a> of this chapter with <a href="/context/deuteronomy/10-6.htm" title="And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.">Deuteronomy 10:6-7</a>, where we find mention made of four places which appear to be identical with those named in this chapter, viz., Beeroth of the children of Jaakan, Mosera, Gudgodah, and Jotbath, which correspond to Bene-jaakan, i.e., <span class= "ital">the children of Jaakan </span>(an abbreviation, probably, of <span class= "ital">Beeroth-bene-Jaakan, i.e., </span>the wells of the sons of Jaakan), Moseroth, the plural form of Mosera, Hor-hagidgad, <span class= "ital">i.e., the cave of Gidgad or Gudgodah, </span>and Jotbathah, an alternative form of Jotbath. The apparent difficulty, however, of the identification arises out of the fact that whereas in this chapter the Israelites are said to have journeyed from Moseroth to Bene-jaakan, they are represented in <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm" title="And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.">Deuteronomy 10:6</a> to have journeyed "from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera." It is evident, however, that in Deuteronomy 10, where the account is manifestly parenthetical, the reference is to the journeys of the Israelites after the final breaking up of the encampment at Kadesh, at the expiration of the thirty-eight years of wandering in the wilderness; whereas, if the supposition stated above is correct, the reference in this chapter is to the period of the wanderings in the wilderness after the first departure from Kadesh. In this case a change in the order of encampments presents no difficulty, inasmuch as whilst the Israelites, at the later period, must, in all probability, have taken the most direct course open to them from Kadesh to Ezion-geber, there is no improbability involved in the supposition that at the earlier period, whilst wandering about in the wilderness, their places of encampment should have been determined not so much by geographical considerations as by the particular advantages which each spot presented in regard to pasturage and water. It may be observed, further that if the supposition above stated is correct, it will account for the fact that, whereas seventeen places of encampment between Rithmah and Ezion-geber are named in <a href="/context/numbers/33-19.htm" title="And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.">Numbers 33:19-35</a>, no intermediate stations between Ezion-geber and Kadesh are mentioned in <a href="/numbers/33-36.htm" title="And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.">Numbers 33:36</a>, the same places of encampment, as may reasonably be inferred, being selected (if, indeed, any formal encampments were made during so hasty a journey) on the return to Kadesh as had been previously occupied on the journey from Kadesh to Ezion-geber, which is at the northern extremity of the Elanitic Gulf. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They departed from</span> <span class="cmt_word">Rameses.</span> Hebrew, Raemses. See on Exodus 1:11; 12:37. The brief description here given of the departure from Egypt touches upon every material circumstance as related at large in Exodus 11:41. <span class="cmt_word">In the sight of all</span> <span class="cmt_word">the Egyptians.</span> The journey was begun by night (<a href="/exodus/12-42.htm">Exodus 12:42</a>), but was of course con-tinned on the following day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/33-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On the fifteenth</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·miš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">י֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the day after</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽמָּחֳרַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mā·ḥo·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4283.htm">Strong's 4283: </a> </span><span class="str2">The morrow, tomorrow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Passover,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפֶּ֗סַח</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pe·saḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pretermission, exemption, Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the Israelites] set out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסְע֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Rameses.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ra‘·mə·sês)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7486.htm">Strong's 7486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rameses -- a city in Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[They]</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">marched out</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצְא֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">triumphantly</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיָ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in full view</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֵינֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ê·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - cdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Egyptians,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4713.htm">Strong's 4713: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/33-3.htm">OT Law: Numbers 33:3 They traveled from Rameses in the first (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/33-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 33:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/33-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:4" /></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>