Exodus 13:21

"They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Pillar of cloud -The Lord Himself did for the Israelites by preternatural means that which armies were obliged to do for themselves by natural agents. The Persians and Greeks used fire and smoke as signals in their marches, and in a well-known papyrus, the commander of an Egyptian expedition is called “A flame in the darkness at the head of his soldiers.” By this sign then of the pillar of cloud, the Lord showed Himself as their leader and generalExodus 15:3,Exodus 15:6.

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