complete verse (Numbers 33:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 33:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “The Israelites got up from/left the country of Egypt when it was the fifteenth day in the first month of the year. This was the day after the day when the Festival of Passover had been celebrated. The Israelites proudly left the city of Rameses while all the people of Egypt were watching.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the fifteenth day of the first month they advanced from Rameses. On the day after the first Passover festival, they went out with pomp, in the presence of all the Egyptians.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They left from Rameses on the 15th day of the first month after the event which is the beginning of the Feast of the Passing-by of an Angel. They left with courage while the Egiptohanon are-looking” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after we celebrated the Passover/the time when Yahweh killed all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt, they/we left Rameses city in Egypt and marched boldly while the Egyptian army was coming behind them/us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)