Números 33

The stages of Israel’s journey from Egypt

¹These are the stages of the journey of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions, led by Moses and Aaron. ²Moses wrote down the places they set out from, stage by stage, at the LORD’s command. These are their journeys, listed by their starting points.^{a 3}They set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians, ⁴while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them. The LORD had also carried out judgments on their gods. ⁵The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth. ⁶They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. ⁷They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped in front of Migdol. ⁸They set out from Pi-hahiroth and went through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. After three days’ travel in the wilderness of Etham, they camped at Marah. ⁹They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. ¹⁰They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. ¹¹They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin. ¹²They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. ¹³They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. ¹⁴They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. ¹⁵They set out from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai. ¹⁶They set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. ¹⁷They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. ¹⁸They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. ¹⁹They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. ²⁰They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. ²¹They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. ²²They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. ²³They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. ²⁴They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. ²⁵They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. ²⁶They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. ²⁷They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah. ²⁸They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. ²⁹They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. ³⁰They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.^{b 31}They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. ³²They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. ³³They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. ³⁴They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. ³⁵They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. ³⁶They set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, at Kadesh. ³⁷They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom. ³⁸Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor at the LORD’s command, and he died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt. ³⁹Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

⁴⁰The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. ⁴¹They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. ⁴²They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. ⁴³They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth. ⁴⁴They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. ⁴⁵They set out from Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad. ⁴⁶They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. ⁴⁷They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim mountains, facing Nebo. ⁴⁸They set out from the Abarim mountains and camped in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan, across from Jericho. ⁴⁹Their camp stretched along the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Drive out the people of the land

⁵⁰The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said, ⁵¹“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²drive out all the people who live in the land ahead of you. Destroy all their carved stones, destroy all their cast metal idols, and tear down all their high places. ⁵³Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess. ⁵⁴Divide the land among yourselves as an inheritance by lot, clan by clan. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Wherever the lot falls for a clan, that place will be its own. You are to receive your inheritance by your ancestral tribes. ⁵⁵But if you do not drive out the people who live in the land ahead of you, those you allow to stay will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will make trouble for you in the land where you live. ⁵⁶And then I will do to you what I planned to do to them.’”