Numbers 33:8

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“They 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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BSBPD

“They 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 33:8 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  2. Exodus 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
  3. Exodus 15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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