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This stop is
the critical one for placing the actual
location of the
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Wycliffe Bible Commentary Turn back ( Exo 14:2 Speake to the
children of |
turn
H7725. a prim. root; to turn
back (hence, away) trans. or
intrans., lit. or fig.
(not necessarily with the idea of
return to the starting point)
(Num
13:25
Hebrew Lexicon 1) to
return 2) to
turn back A turning back to a previous state or place |
In
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Exo 14:2
Speak
unto the children of
before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon:
before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
This
statement,provides a very specific
set of reference
points.
(Exo 14:2
Hebrew
Lexicon BAAL-ZEPHON =
Baal Tsphon or Baal-zephon =" lord of the north" PIHAHIROTH =
Pi-hahiroth
=" place where
sedge grows" WD =
sedge n. 1. any rushlike or grasslike
plant of
the genus Carex, growing
in wet places. MIGDOL =
Migdol
=" tower" |
Holman Dictionary and Eaton’s
Bible Dictionary BAAL-ZEPHON =
“lord of the north” “Baal
of the north.”
“Baal
of winter” PIHAHIROTH =
“house of Hathor” “mouth
of canals.” “Place
where the Reeds grow” “Holman”
Pihahiroth
lay in the eastern MIGDOL
= “tower,
watchtower, fortress.” A town or a border
fortress located in the northeast corner of A
strongly-fortified place 12 miles from Pelusium, in the
north of |
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“migdol” becomes a significant
term. Not widely found in
Egyptian texts in different periods
(Hoffmeier 2004: 61; 2005:102–103;
Scolnic 2004: 102–108), the few
references that we do have point to a
location in
That
would make it possible to fix thelocation
of the Migdol of the Exodus in a precise
area just to the northeast of
the |
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HOLMAN BIBLE
DICTIONARY
MIGDOL (Mihg' dahl) Transliteration of
Hebrew word meaning, “tower, watchtower,
fortress.” A town or a border fortress located in
the northeast
corner
of Egypt.
The site is mentioned in reference to two
events in biblical history—the Exodus and the Exile.
One
of the sites on or near the route of the
Exodus, Migdol was located near the sites of
Pi-hahiroth
and Baal-Zephron, all of which were near the
sea (Ex. 14:20).
Jewish refugees
fled to Migdol during the Exile (Jer. 44:1). The coming doom of
Egypt at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar was to be
proclaimed there (Jer. 46:13-14).
Ezekiel prophesied that the land of Egypt would be laid waste, “from Migdol to Aswan” (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6 NIV), that is from the northern extremity of the land, Migdol, to the southern extremity of the land, Aswan.
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IVP Bible Background Commentary Pi
Hahiroth.
= “mouth of the diggings,”
possibly referring to canal work.
It is known that a north-south canal was
being constructed during this period
(Seti I) and that it passed through the
region near Qantara, a
few miles west of Sile. Migdol. Migdol
means “tower” or
“fort”
There were several locations so
designated, and one
is known near Succoth in this period. Baal
Zephon.
Baal Zephon is connected to Tahpanhes
in ; , in turn identified as
Tell Dafana, about
twenty miles west of Sile.
If they camped near here, |
Wycliffe
Bible Commentary Baal-zephon . A
Phoenician letter mentions "Baal-zephon and
all the gods of Tahpanhes." Tahpanhes is
Daphne, the modern Tel Dafneh, located
near the southern extremity of This explains the words "turn back." Instead of going directly east from Succoth, the Hebrews had turned north again and were now encamped by the marshy lake. |
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