Numbers 33:7 · Young's Literal Translation

and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which is on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol.
Numbers 33:7 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which is on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol.”. Read it in the full context of Numbers 33, or compare how other translations render it below.

Numbers 33:7 in Other Translations

KJV And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
WEB They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
ASV And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
YLT and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which is on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol.
WBT And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which [is] before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
DBY And they removed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-Zephon, and encamped before Migdol.

Commentary on Numbers 33:7

Expositions from classic Bible commentators.

John Gill · Numbers 33:7

And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pihahiroth,.... Which was sixteen miles from Etham. This turning, Aben Ezra says, respects the cloud, or Israel; and indeed it may respect both, for, as the cloud turned, Israel turned, being directed by it; and this does not mean that they had been at Pihahiroth before, and now returned to it again; but that they by direction turned out of the straight way in which they were to go to Pihahiroth; for the word "again" may as well, or better, be left out; see Gill on Exo 14:2,

which is before Baalzephon; the name of an idol, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, supposed to be placed here, to watch and guard the passage, as Zephon signifies:

and they pitched before Migdol: which was either the name of a city, the same with Migdol, Jer 44:1 or it was a tower, as the word signifies, placed here on the borders of the land, for the defence of it.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 33:7

Pi-hahiroth, Baal-zephon . . . Migdol--(See on Exo 14:2).

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Questions about Numbers 33:7

What does Numbers 33:7 say?

Numbers 33:7 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which is on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 33, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Numbers 33:7 found in the Bible?

Numbers 33:7 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 33, verse 7, in the Old Testament.

What Bible translation is Numbers 33:7 shown in?

This is the Young's Literal Translation (YLT), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 33:7 in the table on this page.

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