Numbers 33

Stages in Israel’s Journey

33Here are the stages in the journey^f of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt^g by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.^{h 2}At the Lord’s command Moses recordedⁱ the stages in their journey^j. This is their journey by stages:

³The Israelites set out^k from Rameses^l on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover.^m They marched out defiantlyⁿ in full view of all the Egyptians, ⁴who were burying all their firstborn,^o whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment^p on their gods.^q

⁵The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.^r

⁶They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.^s

⁷They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon,^t and camped near Migdol.^u

⁸They left Pi Hahiroth^av and passed through the sea^w into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.^x

⁹They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped^y there.

¹⁰They left Elim^z and camped by the Red Sea.^b

¹¹They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.^a

¹²They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

¹³They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.^b

¹⁵They left Rephidim^c and camped in the Desert of Sinai.^d

¹⁶They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.^e

¹⁷They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.^f

¹⁸They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

¹⁹They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

²⁰They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.^g

²¹They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

²³They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.^h

³¹They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.ⁱ

³²They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

³³They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.^j

³⁴They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

³⁵They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.^k

³⁶They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.^l

³⁷They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor,^m on the border of Edom.^{n 38}At the Lord’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died^o on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year^p after the Israelites came out of Egypt.^{q 39}Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

⁴⁰The Canaanite king^r of Arad,^s who lived in the Negev^t of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

⁴¹They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They left Punon and camped at Oboth.^u

⁴⁴They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.^v

⁴⁵They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.

⁴⁶They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.

⁴⁷They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim,^w near Nebo.^x

⁴⁸They left the mountains of Abarim^y and camped on the plains of Moab^z by the Jordan^a across from Jericho.^{b 49}There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth^c to Abel Shittim.^d

⁵⁰On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho^e the Lord said to Moses, ⁵¹“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,^{f 52}drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.^{g 53}Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.^{h 54}Distribute the land by lot,ⁱ according to your clans.^j To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one.^k Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.^l

⁵⁵“ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns^m in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. ⁵⁶And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.ⁿ’ ”