Numbers 33:7

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“They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.”

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BSBPD

“They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi–hahiroth, which is before Baal–zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which <FI>is<Fi> on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 33:7 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
  2. Exodus 14:9The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
  3. Numbers 33:8They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

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