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 departed from Rameses ^win the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover ^xthe Israelites went out triumphantly ^yzin 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. ^a5The Israelites departed from Rameses and camped at Succoth. ^b

⁶They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, ^cwhich is on the edge of the wilderness.

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

⁸They departed from Pi-hahiroth ^eand crossed through the middle of the sea ^finto the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. ^g

⁹They departed from Marah and came to Elim. ^hThere were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

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

¹¹They departed from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin. ⁱ

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

¹³They departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴They departed from Alush and camped at Rephidim, ^jwhere there was no water for the people to drink. ^k

¹⁵They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. ^l

¹⁶They departed from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. ^m

¹⁷They departed from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. ⁿ

¹⁸They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

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

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

²¹They departed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They departed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

²³They departed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They departed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They departed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They departed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They departed from Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They departed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They departed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They departed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

³¹They departed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. ^o

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

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

³⁴They departed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

³⁵They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. ^p

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

³⁷They departed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor ^ron the edge of the land of Edom. ³⁸At the Lord’s command, Aaron the priest 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. ^s39Aaron 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, ^theard the Israelites were coming.

⁴¹They departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They departed from Punon and camped at Oboth. ^u

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

⁴⁵They departed from Iyim ^wand camped at Dibon-gad. ^x

⁴⁶They departed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. ^y

⁴⁷They departed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim ^zrange facing Nebo. ^a

⁴⁸They departed from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. ^b49They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth ^cto the Acacia Meadow ^deon 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 ^fand cast images, ^gand demolish all their high places. ⁵³You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land ^hto 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 thorns in your eyes and in 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.” ⁱ