Numbers 33:1–15

Stages in Israel’s Journey

33 Here are the stages in the journeyf of the Israelites when they came out of Egyptg by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.h 2 At the Lord’s command Moses recordedi the stages in their journeyj. This is their journey by stages:

3 The Israelites set outk from Ramesesl 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, 4 who were burying all their firstborn,o whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgmentp on their gods.q

5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.r

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

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

8 They left Pi Hahirotha v and passed through the seaw into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.x

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

10 They left Elimz and camped by the Red Sea.b

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

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

13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

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

15 They left Rephidimc and camped in the Desert of Sinai.d