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 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