Numbers 33
33
Israel's Journey from Egypt to Moab
1As Israel traveled from Egypt under the command of Moses and Aaron, 2Moses kept a list of the places 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 first-born 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 toward 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 12 springs of water and 70 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 northwestern 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 traveled 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.
38 #
Nu 20.22-28; Dt 10.6; 32.50. That'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. 40 years after the Israelites left Egypt. 39He was 123 years old at the time.
40 #
Nu 21.1. It was then that the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, heard that Israel was headed that way.
41-47The Israelites left Mount Hor and headed toward 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 Jordan River 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 Jordan River from Jericho, the Lord told Moses 51to give the people of Israel this message:
When you cross the Jordan River 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.
54 #
Nu 26.54-56. I 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.
55If you don't force out all the people there, they will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your back. They will always be trouble for you, 56and I will treat you as severely as I planned on treating them.
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Numbers 33
33
Stages of the Journey. 1The following are the stages by which the Israelites went out by companies from the land of Egypt under the guidance of Moses and Aaron.#According to v. 2, this list of camping sites was drawn up by Moses as an itinerary recording Israel’s trek through the wilderness. Comparison with the more detailed accounts of the journey as given elsewhere suggests that the list is not necessarily comprehensive. It records just forty camping sites, not counting the starting place, Rameses, and the terminus, the plains of Moab. This number, which corresponds exactly to the forty years of wandering in the wilderness, is probably a schematic device. Moreover, it seems that in its present form the order of some of the names here has been disturbed. Several names listed here are not recorded elsewhere. 2Moses recorded the starting points of the various stages at the direction of the Lord. These are the stages according to their starting points: 3They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went forth in triumph, in view of all Egypt, 4while the Egyptians buried those whom the Lord had struck down, every firstborn; on their gods, too, the Lord executed judgments.#Ex 12:12, 29, 37.
From Egypt to Sinai. 5Setting out from Rameses, the Israelites camped at Succoth. 6Setting out from Succoth, they camped at Etham near the edge of the wilderness. 7Setting out from Etham, they turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped opposite Migdol.#Ex 14:2. 8Setting out from Pi-hahiroth, they crossed over through the sea into the wilderness,#Ex 15:22. and after they traveled a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, they camped at Marah. 9Setting out from Marah, they came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.#Ex 15:27. 10Setting out from Elim, they camped beside the Red Sea. 11Setting out from the Red Sea, they camped in the wilderness of Sin. 12Setting out from the wilderness of Sin, they camped at Dophkah. 13Setting out from Dophkah, they camped at Alush. 14Setting out from Alush, they camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.#Ex 17:1. 15Setting out from Rephidim, they camped in the wilderness of Sinai.#Ex 19:2.
From Sinai to Kadesh. 16Setting out from the wilderness of Sinai, they camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. 17Setting out from Kibroth-hattaavah, they camped at Hazeroth.#Nm 11:34–35. 18Setting out from Hazeroth, they camped at Rithmah. 19Setting out from Rithmah, they camped at Rimmon-perez. 20Setting out from Rimmon-perez, they camped at Libnah. 21Setting out from Libnah, they camped at Rissah. 22Setting out from Rissah, they camped at Kehelathah. 23Setting out from Kehelathah, they camped at Mount Shepher. 24Setting out from Mount Shepher, they camped at Haradah. 25Setting out from Haradah, they camped at Makheloth. 26Setting out from Makheloth, they camped at Tahath. 27Setting out from Tahath, they camped at Terah. 28Setting out from Terah, they camped at Mithkah. 29Setting out from Mithkah, they camped at Hashmonah. 30#Moseroth is mentioned in Dt 10:6 (in the form of “Moserah”) as the place where Aaron died, apparently a variant of the tradition here in v. 38 regarding the place of Aaron’s death; so also Nm 20:22–24 and Dt 32:50. Perhaps Moseroth was close to Mount Hor. Setting out from Hashmonah, they camped at Moseroth. 31Setting out from Moseroth, they camped at Bene-jaakan. 32Setting out from Bene-jaakan, they camped at Mount Gidgad. 33Setting out from Mount Gidgad, they camped at Jotbathah. 34Setting out from Jotbathah, they camped at Abronah. 35Setting out from Abronah, they camped at Ezion-geber.#Ezion-geber: Solomon conducted sea trade with Ophir from this port (1 Kgs 9:26), today probably identified on the northern coast of the Gulf of Elath between the Jordanian city of Aqabah and the Israeli city of Elath. 36Setting out from Ezion-geber, they camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.#Nm 20:1, 22.
From Kadesh to the Plains of Moab. 37Setting out from Kadesh, they camped at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom.
38Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor#Nm 20:25; Dt 32:50. at the Lord’s direction, and there he died in the fortieth year after the departure of the Israelites from the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. 39Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40#The verse repeats almost verbatim the same introduction to the account of the victory over Arad as is given in 21:1–3, where it also follows the account of Aaron’s death. Perhaps the isolated verse here is intended by the editor(s) of Numbers to point the reader to the fuller account given there. When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who ruled over the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming….
41#33:41b–49] It seems that this section stood originally immediately after v. 36a. Setting out from Mount Hor, they camped at Zalmonah. 42Setting out from Zalmonah, they camped at Punon. 43Setting out from Punon, they camped at Oboth. 44Setting out from Oboth, they camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab. 45Setting out from Iye-abarim, they camped at Dibon-gad. 46Setting out from Dibon-gad, they camped at Almon-diblathaim. 47Setting out from Almon-diblathaim, they camped in the Abarim range opposite Nebo. 48Setting out from the Abarim range, they camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho. 49They camped by the Jordan on the plains of Moab extended from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
Conquest and Division of Canaan. 50The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho: 51Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you go across the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52dispossess all the inhabitants of the land before you; destroy all their stone figures, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.#Ex 23:31; 34:13; Dt 7:5; 12:3.
53You will take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. 54You will apportion the land among yourselves by lot, clan by clan, assigning a large heritage to a large clan and a small heritage to a small clan.#Nm 26:53–56. Wherever anyone’s lot falls, there will his possession be; you will apportion these shares within your ancestral tribe.
55But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land before you, those whom you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live,#Jos 23:13; Jgs 2:3. 56and I will treat you as I had intended to treat them.
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