Holy Scripture
Numbers 33:6
A church father on this verse
“Then when the soul thinks it is ready, it sets out from Succoth and camps at Buthan [Etham]. Buthan means "valley." Now we have said that the stages refer to progress in the virtues. And a virtue is not acquired without training and hard work, nor is it tested as much in prosperity as in adversity. So the soul comes t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6and they departed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is a part of the wilderness.
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4And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord smote, every firstborn in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods.
5And the children of Israel departed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth:
— Numbers 33:6 —
7And they departed from Etham and encamped at the mouth of Hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-zephon, and encamped opposite Migdol.
8And they departed from before Hahiroth, and crossed the middle of the sea into the wilderness; and they went a journey of three days through the wilderness, and encamped in Picriae.