Numbers 33:1–15

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