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.
2At 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:
3They traveled from Rameses33:3 Gn 47:11; Ex 1:11; 12:37 in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover33:3 Ex 12:11–48; Lv 23:5; Nm 9:2–14 the Israelites went out defiantly33:3 Lit with a raised hand; Ex 14:833:3 Ex 14:8 in the sight of all the Egyptians.
8They traveled from Pi-hahiroth33:8 Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read from before Hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea33:8 Ex 14:22–26 into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.33:8 Ex 15:23
10They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
12They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.
13They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
16They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.33:16 Nm 11:34–35; Dt 9:22
18They traveled from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
20They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
21They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22They traveled from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25They traveled from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.
28They traveled from Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29They traveled from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30They traveled from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
32They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
33They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34They traveled from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
37They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor33:37 Nm 21:4; 33:37–41; Dt 32:50 on the edge of the land of Edom.
38At 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.33:38 Nm 20:23–29
39Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
41They traveled from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42They traveled from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43They traveled from Punon and camped at Oboth.33:43 Nm 21:10–11
Instructions for Occupying Canaan
50The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,
51“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images33:52 Lv 26:1; Ezk 8:12 and cast images,33:52 Ex 32:4,8; 34:17; Lv 19:4; Dt 27:15 and demolish all their high places.
53You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land33:53 Gn 12:7; 15:18; 24:7; 35:12 to possess.
54You 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.
55But 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.
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