Numbers 33

WILDERNESS TRAVELS REVIEWED

33These were the stages of the Israelites’ journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ²At the Lord’s command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points:

³They traveled from Rameses^f in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover^g the Israelites went out defiantly^h in the sight of all the Egyptians. ⁴Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the Lord had struck down among them, for the Lord had executed judgment against their gods.^{i 5}The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped at Succoth.^j

⁶They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham,^k which is on the edge of the wilderness.

⁷They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.^l

⁸They traveled from Pi-hahiroth^B and crossed through the middle of the sea^m into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.ⁿ

⁹They traveled from Marah and came to Elim.^o There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

¹⁰They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

¹¹They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.^p

¹²They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.

¹³They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim,^q where there was no water for the people to drink.^r

¹⁵They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.^s

¹⁶They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.^t

¹⁷They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.^u

¹⁸They traveled from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

¹⁹They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

²⁰They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

²¹They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They traveled from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

²³They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They traveled from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They traveled from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They traveled from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They traveled from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

³¹They traveled from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.^a

³²They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

³³They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

³⁴They traveled from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

³⁵They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.^b

³⁶They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin^c (that is, Kadesh).

³⁷They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor^d on the edge of the land of Edom. ³⁸At the Lord’s command, the priest Aaron climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the Israelites went out of the land of Egypt.^{e 39}Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor. ⁴⁰At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan,^f heard the Israelites were coming.

⁴¹They traveled from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They traveled from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They traveled from Punon and camped at Oboth.^g

⁴⁴They traveled from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.^h

⁴⁵They traveled from Iyim^A and camped at Dibon-gad.ⁱ

⁴⁶They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.^j

⁴⁷They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim^k range facing Nebo.^l

⁴⁸They traveled from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.^{m 49}They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimothⁿ to the Acacia Meadow^Bo on the plains of Moab.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OCCUPYING CANAAN

⁵⁰The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, ⁵¹“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images^p and cast images,^q and demolish all their high places. ⁵³You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land^r to possess. ⁵⁴You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes. ⁵⁵But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs for your eyes and thorns for your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live. ⁵⁶And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”^s