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Holman: Place where the Israelites camped upon leaving Egypt (Ex. 12:37; 13:20; Num 33:5-6) It was near Pithom and is usually identified with Tell el-Maskhutah or Tell er-Retabah.

Unger's: (cut off definition) ...more recently Succoth has been identified with Tell el-Maskhutah.

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Nealson's: [EE thum] (fortress) - a place "at the edge of the wilderness" (Exodus 13:20) between Succoth and the Wilderness of Sinai. This was the location of the second encampment of the children of Israel after they left Rameses in Egypt (Numbers 3:5-8). Apparently, Etham was near the end of the eastern branch of the Red Sea, near Suez.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

Unger's: E'THAM (e'tham). A place to the E of the present Suez Canal, on the border of the desert, where Israel made its second station after leaving Egypt (Exodus 13:20; Numbers 33:6). At this point the Israelites were ordered to change their route (Exodus 14:2).
(from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright (c) 1988.)

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Nealson's:[pie huh HIGH rahth] (meaning unknown) - the site of the final Israelite encampment in Egypt before they crossed the RED SEA. Pi Hahiroth is described as being "between Migdol and the sea" and "opposite" Baal Zephon (Exodus 14:2). Numbers 33:8 has Hahiroth, probably a shortened form of Pi Hahiroth.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

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tower, watchtower, fortress.

Nealson's: An encampment of the Israelites while they were leaving Egypt in the Exodus led by Moses (Exodus 14:2). It is impossible to identify this site precisely. But Migdol clearly lay west of the Red Sea in the eastern region of the Nile Delta.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

Unger's: This was the encampment of Israel during the Exodus from Egypt. It was near the Red (Reed) Sea (cf. Exodus 15:4,22; Deuteronomy 11:4). It is also said to be before Pi-hahiroth and before Baal-zephon (Exodus 14:2; Numbers 33:7). Since Migdol is the ordinary Canaanite word for "watchtower," this site may have been a military outpost. The place is an example of Canaanite names in the Delta. An extended Semitic occupation of the NE Delta before the New Egyptian Empire (c. 1546 BC - 1085 BC) is indicated from other such Canaanite place names as Succoth (Exodus 12:37), Baal-zephon (14:2), Zilu (Tell Abu Seifah), and most likely Goshen itself (8:22; 9:26) (W. F. Albright, From the Stone Age to Christianity [1940], p. 184).
(from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright (c) 1988.)

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It is of some interest to note, however, that in support of the Red Sea the LXX (and Acts 7:36; Hebrews 11:29) rendered yam sup in the OT by the Red Sea. Also, if according to Exodus 10:19 a mighty W wind blew the locusts from the entire land of Egypt into the yam sup, it would seem that the body of water large enough and properly placed to drown the locusts would have to be the Red Sea and not Sea of Reeds.

The Red Sea is a 1,350-mile-long body of water extending from the Indian Ocean to the Suez Gulf. It is more than 7,200 feet deep and more than 100 miles wide. The Arabian Peninsula borders on its E coast. Egypt, Cush, and Punt of ancient times border on the W. It has two arms, one the Gulf of Suez and the other the Gulf of Aqaba. Aqaba figures prominently in the OT (cf. 1 Kings 22:48-49; 2 Chronicles 9:21).
(from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright (c) 1988.)

form of typhon, Baal of winter

Unger's: On the border of the Red Sea (Ex. 14.2; Num. 33.7) mentioned in connection with Pi-hahiroth on the journey of the Israelites.

Holman: Place in Egypt near which Israel camped before miracle of crossing the sea. (Ex. 14.2,9)

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Place in Ex. 15:23 where the children of Israel complained because the water was undrinkable. (Holman Dictionary) & (The New Unger's Bible Dictionary).

Waters were miraculously sweetened by casting a tree into them as directed by God.

Palm-trees.

Elim, a place in the Desert.
70 Palm trees (Holman Dictionary) confirmed by (The New Unger's Bible Dictionary)

a bush

Holman: Barren region somewhere west of the Sinai plateau on the Sinai Peninsula. The Hebrew people stopped here on their journey from Egypt to the promised land (Ex. 16:1). It was here that God first provided manna and quail for them to eat.

Unger's: A tract or plain lying along the eastern shore of the Red Sea. It is believed to be the present plain of El-Kaa, which commences at the mouth of Wadi Taiyibeh and extends along the whole southwestern side of the peninsula. It was the scene of the murmurings and the miracle of the quail and manna (Ex. 16:1; Num. 33:11).

Heb. Thorney, or after moon god Sin

Nealson's: [SIGH nih eye] (meaning unknown) - the name of a peninsula, a wilderness, and a mountain in the Bible (see Map 9, B-5). All three of these played a prominent role in the life of God's Covenant People as they searched for the Land of Promise following their miraculous deliverance from enslavement in Egypt.

Unger's: SINAI - Name. The name is ancient and its meaning not definitely fixed. If Semitic it perhaps means "thorny" (i.e., cleft with ravines, from Heb. seneh, "thornbush"). It may, however, take its name from the moon god Sin, whose cult had made its way into Arabia.

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Nealson's: REPHIDIM [REF uh dim] (refreshments) - an Israelite encampment in the wilderness (Exodus 17:1-7). The Amalekites attacked the Israelites at Rephidim (Exodus 17:8-16). During the battle Moses stood on a hill and held the rod of God aloft. Aaron and Hur supported his arms until sundown, and the Israelites won the battle.

Unger's: REPH'IDIM (ref'i-dim). One of Israel's camping sites on their journey from the wilderness of Sin to Mt. Sinai. At this now-unknown site the episode of the murmuring of the children of Israel occurred because of a lack of water. Accordingly Moses struck the rock in Horeb and obtained an abundance of water (Exodus 17:1-7; 19:2). Moses named the place "Meribah," or strife. At Rephidim also occurred the clash between the Israelites and the Bedouin Amelekites. During this celebrated encounter Aaron and Hur supported Moses' hands in prayer while Joshua secured a great victory (Joshua 17:8-16).

a place in Egypt

Nealson's: PITHOM [PIE thuhm] (temple of Tem) - one of the supply cities, or store cities (see Map 2, A-1), in Lower Egypt built by the Israelites while they were slaves in Egypt (Exodus 1:11). Pithom was in the general area of RAAMSES, but the Bible gives no further details about its location. Some archaeologists suggest that the temple, fortress, and storage chambers discovered at Tell el-Maskhutah, in the valley connecting the Nile River and Lake Timsah, are the remains of biblical Pithom. Others believe that Pithom should be identified with Tell er- Ratabah, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) to the west and closer to the land of Goshen.

Unger's: PI'THOM (pi'thom). A storage city of Egypt mentioned in Exodus 1:11 in connection with the bondage of the children of Israel, who were said to have built it and Raamses. It is located in the NE part of Egypt in the land referred to as Goshen. It was SW of Succoth and identified with Tell el-Retabah. The name seems to be derived from Egyptian Pi-Tum, signifying the "house or dwelling of Tum," the solar deity. Excavations at this site reveal constructions made of bricks without straw (cf. 5:10-15). Extensive brickwork in the site constituted large storage spaces. Together with Rameses (Qantir), Pithom was alleged to have been built by Rameses II (c. 1290 BC - 1224 BC), but in the light of Rameses II's notorious practice of taking credit for achievements wrought by his predecessors, those cities were evidently merely rebuilt or enlarged by him. Inasmuch as Tanis was called the house of Rameses only for a couple of centuries (c. 1300 BC - 1100 BC), the reference of 1:11 must be to the older city, Zoan, where the oppressed Israelites labored centuries earlier. It is probable, therefore, that the name Raamses in 1:11 (same as Rameses) is to be construed as a modernization of an archaic occupational area, Avaris, once a flourishing city before the expulsion of the Hyksos (c. 1570 BC). If that is true, both Pithom and Rameses (Avaris/Qantir) were built by the enslaved Israelites long before the time of Rameses II. However, many scholars refer 1:11 to the reign of Seti I or Rameses II.

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