Numbers 33:1–15

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

33The following account gives the names of the places where the Israelites set up camp after they left Egypt in their tribes under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ²At the command of the Lord, Moses wrote down the name of the place each time they set up camp.

³The people of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after the first Passover. Under the Lord’s protection they left the city of Rameses in full view of the Egyptians, ⁴who were burying the firstborn sons that the Lord had killed. By doing this, the Lord showed that he was more powerful than the gods of Egypt.

⁵The people of Israel left Rameses and set up camp at Sukkoth. ⁶Their next camp was at Etham on the edge of the desert. ⁷From there they turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol. ⁸They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the Red Sea^h into the desert of Shur; after a three days’ march they camped at Marah. ⁹From there they went to Elim, where they camped, because there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there.

¹⁰They left Elim and camped near the Gulf of Suez. ¹¹Their next camp was in the desert of Sin. ¹²Then they camped at Dophkah, ¹³and after that at Alush. ¹⁴Next was Rephidim, where there was no water for them to drink.

¹⁵From Rephidim to Mount Hor they set up camp at the following places: the Sinai Desert,