“And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.”
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness — Etham represents the next stage, moving further into the wilderness periphery. The location "in the edge of the wilderness" suggests the boundary between settled land and uninhabited desert, a liminal space.
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