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Etham

wilderness location during the Exodus

Wilderness encampment at the edge of the desert, the second station of the Exodus, where the pillar of cloud and fire first guided Israel.

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A wilderness location at the edge of the desert, described in Exodus 13 as the second encampment of the after they departed from Egypt via . It is there that the by day and fire by night first accompanied them to guide the way. The Israelites were later directed to turn back from Etham toward Pi-hahiroth, near the sea, setting the stage for the crossing of the . The name also appears in Numbers 33 in the catalogue of wilderness stations.

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