Numbers 33

Wilderness Travels Reviewed

1These 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.23At 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:4

5They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in the sight of all the Egyptians.67Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the Lord had struck down among them, for the Lord had executed judgment against their gods.89The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped at Succoth.10

11They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.12

13They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.14

15They traveled from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.16

17They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.18

19They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.20

21They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.22

23They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.24

25They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.26

27They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.28

29They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.30

31They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.32

33They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.34

35They traveled from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.36

37They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.38

39They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.40

41They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.42

43They traveled from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.44

45They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.46

47They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.48

49They traveled from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.50

51They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.52

53They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.54

55They traveled from Terah and camped at Mithkah.56

57They traveled from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.58

59They traveled from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.60

61They traveled from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.62

63They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.64

65They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.66

67They traveled from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.68

69They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.70

71They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).72

73They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the edge of the land of Edom.7475At the Lord’s command, the priest Aaron 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.7677Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.7879At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard the Israelites were coming.80

81They traveled from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.82

83They traveled from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.84

85They traveled from Punon and camped at Oboth.86

87They traveled from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.88

89They traveled from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.90

91They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.92

93They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim range facing Nebo.94

95They traveled from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.9697They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to the Acacia Meadow on the plains of Moab.98

Instructions for Occupying Canaan

99The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,100101“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,102103you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.104105You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.106107You 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.108109But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs for your eyes and thorns for your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.110111And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”112