Numbers 33:37–56

³⁷and Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

^38–39*At the command of the Lord, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor. At the age of 123 he died there on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites had left Egypt.

^40*The king of Arad in southern Canaan heard that the Israelites were coming.

⁴¹From Mount Hor to the plains of Moab the Israelites set up camp at the following places: Zalmonah, ⁴²Punon, ⁴³Oboth, ⁴⁴the ruins of Abarim in the territory of Moab, ⁴⁵Dibon Gad, ⁴⁶Almon Diblathaim, ⁴⁷the Abarim Mountains near Mount Nebo, ⁴⁸and in the plains of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho, ⁴⁹between Beth Jeshimoth and the Valley of Acacia.

Instructions before Crossing the Jordan

⁵⁰There in the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord gave Moses ⁵¹the following instructions for Israel: “When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land. Destroy all their stone and metal idols and all their places of worship. ⁵³Occupy the land and settle in it, because I am giving it to you. ^54*Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan. ⁵⁵But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you. ⁵⁶If you do not drive them out, I will destroy you, as I planned to destroy them.”