Numbers 33
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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 Rameses # 33:3 Gn 47:11; Ex 1:11; 12:37 in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover # 33:3 Ex 12:11–48; Lv 23:5; Nm 9:2–14 the Israelites went out defiantly # 33:3 Lit with a raised hand; Ex 14:8,# 33:3 Ex 14:8 in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the Lord had struck down among them, for the Lord had executed judgment against their gods. # 33:4 Ex 12:12 5The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped at Succoth. # 33:5 Ex 12:37
6They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham, # 33:6 Ex 13:20 which is on the edge of the wilderness.
7They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol. # 33:7 Ex 14:2,9; Jr 46:14; Ezk 30:6
8They traveled from Pi-hahiroth # 33:8 Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read from before Hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea # 33:8 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
9They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. # 33:9 Ex 15:27; 16:1 There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.
10They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
11They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin. # 33:11 Ex 16:1; 17:1
12They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.
13They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, # 33:14 Ex 17:1,8; 19:2 where there was no water for the people to drink. # 33:14 Ex 17:1–7
15They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. # 33:15 Ex 19:1–2
16They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. # 33:16 Nm 11:34–35; Dt 9:22
17They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. # 33:17 Nm 11:35; 12:16; Dt 1:1
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.
31They traveled from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. # 33:31–33 Dt 10:6–7
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.
35They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. # 33:35 Dt 2:8; 1Kg 9:26
36They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin # 33:36 Nm 10:12 (that is, Kadesh).
37They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor # 33:37 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. 40At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, # 33:40 Nm 21:1–3 heard the Israelites were coming.
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
44They traveled from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab. # 33:44 Nm 21:11
45They traveled from Iyim # 33:45 A shortened form of Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad. # 33:45 Nm 32:34; Neh 11:25; Jr 48:18,22
46They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. # 33:46 Jr 48:22
47They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim # 33:47 Nm 27:12; Dt 32:49; Jr 22:20 range facing Nebo. # 33:47 Dt 32:49; 34:1
48They traveled from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. # 33:48 Nm 22:1 49They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth # 33:49 Jos 12:3; 13:20; Ezk 25:9 to the Acacia Meadow # 33:49 Or to Abel-shittim,# 33:49 Nm 25:1; Jos 2:1; 3:1; Jl 3:18; Mc 6:5 on the plains of Moab.
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 images # 33:52 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 land # 33:53 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. 56And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.” # 33:56 Dt 28:15
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Numbers 33
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Israel's journey from Egypt to Moab
1As Israel travelled from Egypt under the command of Moses and Aaron, 2Moses kept a list of the places where they camped, just as the LORD had instructed. Here is the record of their journey:
3-4Israel left the Egyptian city of Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month.#33.3,4 first month: See the note at 9.3. This was the day after the LORD had punished Egypt's gods by killing the firstborn sons in every Egyptian family. So while the Egyptians were burying the bodies, they watched the Israelites proudly#33.3,4 proudly: Or “bravely”. leave their country.
5After the Israelites left Rameses, they camped at Succoth, 6and from there, they moved their camp to Etham on the edge of the desert. 7Then they turned back towards Pi-Hahiroth, east of Baal-Zephon, and camped near Migdol. 8They left Pi-Hahiroth,#33.8 Pi-Hahiroth: Two ancient translations and the Samaritan Hebrew Text; the Standard Hebrew Text “a place near Hahiroth”. crossed the Red Sea,#33.8 Red Sea: Hebrew hayyam “the Sea”, understood as yam suph, “Sea of Reeds” (see also the note at Exodus 13.18). then walked three days into the Etham Desert and camped at Marah. 9Next, they camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. 10They left Elim and camped near the Red Sea,#33.10 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, here referring to the Gulf of Suez, since the term is extended to include the north-western arm of the Red Sea (see also the note at Exodus 13.18). 11then turned east and camped along the western edge of the Sinai Desert.#33.11 the western edge of the Sinai Desert: Hebrew “the Sin Desert”. 12-14From there they went to Dophkah, Alush, and Rephidim, where they had no water.#33.12-14 Rephidim…no water: See Exodus 17.1-7. 15They left Rephidim and finally reached the Sinai Desert.
16-36As Israel travelled from the Sinai Desert to Kadesh in the Zin Desert, they camped at Kibroth-Hattaavah, Hazeroth, Rithmah, Rimmon-Perez, Libnah, Rissah, Kehelathah, Mount Shepher, Haradah, Makheloth, Tahath, Terah, Mithkah, Hashmonah, Moseroth, Bene-Jaakan, Hor-Haggidgad, Jotbathah, Abronah, Ezion-Geber, and finally Kadesh. 37When they left Kadesh, they came to Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.
38That's where the LORD commanded Aaron the priest to go to the top of the mountain. Aaron died there on the first day of the fifth month,#33.38 fifth month: Ab, the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-July to mid-August. forty years after the Israelites left Egypt.#Nu 20.22-28; Dt 10.6; 32.50. 39He was one hundred and twenty-three years old at the time.
40It was then that the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, heard that Israel was headed that way.#Nu 21.1.
41-47The Israelites left Mount Hor and headed towards Moab. Along the way, they camped at Zalmonah, Punon, Oboth, Iye-Abarim in the territory of Moab, Dibon-Gad, Almon-Diblathaim, at a place near Mount Nebo in the Abarim Mountains, 48and finally in the lowlands of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho. 49Their camp stretched from Beth-Jeshimoth to Acacia.
The LORD's command to conquer Canaan
50While Israel was camped in the lowlands of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho, the LORD told Moses 51to give the people of Israel this message:
When you cross the River Jordan and enter Canaan, 52you must force out the people living there. Destroy their idols and tear down their altars. 53Then settle in the land—I have given it to you as your own.
54I will show you#33.54 I will show you: See the note at 26.55,56. how to divide the land among the tribes, according to the number of clans in each one, so that the larger tribes will have more land than the smaller ones.#Nu 26.54-56.
55If you don't force out all the people there, they will be like pointed sticks in your eyes and thorns in your back. They will always be trouble for you, 56and I will treat you as cruelly as I planned to treat them.
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