Numbers 33–35

Chapter 33

Review of the Journey from Egypt to Jordan

¹These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, under ^athe ¹leadership of Moses and Aaron.

²Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the ¹command of the Lord, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.

^3aThey journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the ¹next day after the Passover the sons of Israel ^bstarted out ²boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,

⁴while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the Lord had struck down among them. The Lord had also executed judgments ^aon their gods.

⁵Then ^athe sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses and camped in Succoth.

^6aThey journeyed from Succoth and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

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

^8aThey journeyed ¹from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and ^bthey went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

^9aThey journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

¹⁰They journeyed from Elim and camped by the ¹Red Sea.

¹¹They journeyed from the ¹Red Sea and camped in ^athe wilderness of Sin.

¹²They journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

¹³They journeyed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴They journeyed from Alush and camped ^aat Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink.

¹⁵They journeyed from Rephidim and camped in ^athe wilderness of Sinai.

¹⁶They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at ^aKibroth-hattaavah.

¹⁷They journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at ^aHazeroth.

¹⁸They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

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

²⁰They journeyed from Rimmon-perez and camped at ^aLibnah.

²¹They journeyed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They journeyed from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah.

²³They journeyed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They journeyed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They journeyed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They journeyed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They journeyed from Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They journeyed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They journeyed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They journeyed from Hashmonah and camped at ^aMoseroth.

³¹They journeyed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

³²They journeyed from ^aBene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

³³They journeyed from Hor-haggidgad and camped at ^aJotbathah.

³⁴They journeyed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

³⁵They journeyed from Abronah and camped at ^aEzion-geber.

³⁶They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of ^aZin, that is, Kadesh.

³⁷They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at ^aMount Hor, ^bat the edge of the land of Edom.

^38aThen Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the ¹command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month.

³⁹Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

⁴⁰Now the Canaanite, the king of ^aArad ¹who lived in the ²Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel.

⁴¹Then they journeyed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They journeyed from Punon and camped at ^aOboth.

⁴⁴They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab.

⁴⁵They journeyed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

⁴⁶They journeyed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

⁴⁷They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of ^aAbarim, before Nebo.

⁴⁸They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and ^acamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

⁴⁹They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as ^aAbel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Law of Possessing the Land

⁵⁰Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

⁵¹“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^aWhen you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

⁵²then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and ^adestroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;

^53aand you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

⁵⁴‘^aYou shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

⁵⁵‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become ^aas pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.

⁵⁶‘And as I plan to do to them, so I will do to you.’ ”

Chapter 34

Instruction for Apportioning Canaan

¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter ^athe land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders.

³‘^aYour southern ¹sector shall ²extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea ^beastward.

⁴‘Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and ¹continue to Zin, and its ²termination shall be to the south of ^aKadesh-barnea; and it shall ³reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon.

⁵‘The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at ^athe sea.

⁶‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its ¹coastline; this shall be your west border.

⁷‘^aAnd this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

⁸‘You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to ^athe ¹Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

⁹and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

¹⁰‘For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

¹¹and the border shall go down from Shepham to ^aRiblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the ¹slope on the east side of the Sea of ^bChinnereth.

¹²‘And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.’ ”

¹³So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “^aThis is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

¹⁴“^aFor the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers’ households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers’ households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.

¹⁵“The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising.”

¹⁶Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁷“^aThese are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

¹⁸“You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.

¹⁹“These are the names of the men: of the tribe of ^aJudah, ^bCaleb the son of Jephunneh.

²⁰“Of the tribe of the sons of ^aSimeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud.

²¹“Of the tribe of ^aBenjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

²²“Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli.

²³“Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

²⁴“Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

²⁵“Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

²⁶“Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

²⁷“Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

²⁸“Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

²⁹These are those whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Chapter 35

Cities for the Levites

^1aNow the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

²“Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.

³“The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.

⁴“The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city ¹outward a thousand cubits around.

⁵“You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

Cities of Refuge

⁶“The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the ^asix cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

⁷“All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be ^aforty-eight cities, ¹together with their pasture lands.

⁸“^aAs for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give…