Numbers 33
1 These were the stages of Israel’s journey when they left Egypt in organized groups, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
2 Moses recorded each place where they set out from, stage by stage, at the LORD’s command; these, then, were their stages in order of departure.
3 They left Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. The day after Passover, the Israelites marched out boldly, in full view of all the Egyptians.
4 The Egyptians were burying those whom the LORD had struck down among them—all their firstborn—for the LORD had also carried out judgments against their gods.
5 The Israelites departed from Rameses and made camp at Succoth.
6 Leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
7 They moved on from Etham, turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol.
8 They left the area opposite Hahiroth, crossed through the sea into the wilderness, traveled three days through the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.
9 From Marah they went to Elim. Elim had twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and there they set up camp.
10 They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.
11 They departed from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
12 Leaving the wilderness of Sin, they camped at Dophkah.
13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 From Alush they went on and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15 They departed from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.
16 They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 From Kibroth-hattaavah they moved on to Hazeroth, where they camped.
18 They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 Leaving Rithmah, they camped at Rimmon-perez.
20 They moved on from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
21 From Libnah they went to Rissah and camped there.
22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 From Kehelathah they went on and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 They departed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 Leaving Haradah, they camped at Makheloth.
26 They moved on from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 From Tahath they departed and camped at Terah.
28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29 From Mithkah they went on and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They departed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 Leaving Moseroth, they camped at Bene-jaakan.
32 They departed from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
33 From Hor-haggidgad they went on to Jotbathah and camped there.
34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 From Abronah they departed and camped at Ezion-geber.
36 They left Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
37 From Kadesh they went to Mount Hor and camped there, at the edge of the land of Edom.
38 At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there. This happened in the fortieth year after Israel had left Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 The king of Arad, a Canaanite who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were approaching.
41 They departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 From Zalmonah they moved on and camped at Punon.
43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44 From Oboth they went to Iye-abarim and camped there, on the border of Moab.
45 They departed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.
46 Leaving Dibon-gad, they camped at Almon-diblathaim.
47 They moved on from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, facing Nebo.
48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan across from Jericho.
49 Their camp stretched along the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim, on the plains of Moab.
50 On the plains of Moab beside the Jordan, across from Jericho, the LORD spoke to Moses:
51 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: ‘You are about to cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan.
52 Drive out every inhabitant of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, smash all their cast-metal idols, and demolish all their high places.
53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you as your own.
54 You will receive the land as an inheritance by lot, clan by clan. Give a larger share to the larger clan and a smaller share to the smaller one. Each person will receive the place assigned by lot; your inheritance will be distributed according to your ancestral tribes.
55 But if you do not drive the inhabitants out of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become like thorns in your eyes and barbs in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
56 Then I will do to you what I had intended to do to them.’”
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