Numbers 33 New American Standard Bible

Review of the Journey from Egypt to Jordan

33 These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out of the land of Egypt by their armies, ^[a]under ^(A)the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ²Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the ^[b]command of the Lord, and these are their journeys according to their starting places. ³^(B)Now they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the sons of Israel ^(C)started out ^[c]boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians, ⁴while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the Lord had fatally struck among them. The Lord had also executed judgments ^(D)against their gods.

⁵Then ^(E)the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses and camped in Succoth. ⁶^(F)They journeyed from Succoth and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. ⁷^(G)Then they journeyed from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon; and they camped before Migdol. ⁸^(H)They journeyed ^[d]from Pi-hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea to the wilderness; and ^(I)they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. ⁹^(J)They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. ¹⁰They journeyed from Elim and camped by the ^[e]Red Sea. ¹¹And they journeyed from the ^[f]Red Sea and camped in ^(K)the wilderness of Sin. ¹²They journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. ¹³They journeyed from Dophkah and camped at Alush. ¹⁴And they journeyed from Alush and camped ^(L)at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink. ¹⁵And they journeyed from Rephidim and camped in ^(M)the wilderness of Sinai. ¹⁶They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and camped at ^(N)Kibroth-hattaavah.

¹⁷They journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at ^(O)Hazeroth. ¹⁸They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. ¹⁹They journeyed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. ²⁰They journeyed from Rimmon-perez and camped at ^(P)Libnah. ²¹They journeyed from Libnah and camped at Rissah. ²²They journeyed from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah. ²³They journeyed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. ²⁴They journeyed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. ²⁵They journeyed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. ²⁶They journeyed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. ²⁷They journeyed from Tahath and camped at Terah. ²⁸They journeyed from Terah and camped at Mithkah. ²⁹They journeyed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. ³⁰They journeyed from Hashmonah and camped at ^(Q)Moseroth. ³¹They journeyed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. ³²They journeyed from ^(R)Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. ³³They journeyed from Hor-haggidgad and camped at ^(S)Jotbathah. ³⁴They journeyed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. ³⁵They journeyed from Abronah and camped at ^(T)Ezion-geber. ³⁶They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of ^(U)Zin, that is, Kadesh. ³⁷They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at ^(V)Mount Hor, ^(W)at the edge of the land of Edom.

³⁸^(X)Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the ^[g]command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month. ³⁹Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

⁴⁰Now the Canaanite, the king of ^(Y)Arad ^[h]who lived in the ^[i]Negev in the land of Canaan, heard about the coming of the sons of Israel.

⁴¹Then they journeyed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. ⁴²They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. ⁴³They journeyed from Punon and camped at ^(Z)Oboth. ⁴⁴They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab. ⁴⁵They journeyed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad. ⁴⁶They journeyed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. ⁴⁷They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of ^(AA)Abarim, before Nebo. ⁴⁸They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and ^(AB)camped in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho. ⁴⁹They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as ^(AC)Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.

Law for Possessing the Land

⁵⁰Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, ⁵¹“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(AD)When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from you, and ^(AE)destroy all their idolatrous sculptures, destroy all their cast metal images, and eliminate all their high places; ⁵³^(AF)and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it. ⁵⁴^(AG)You shall maintain the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass on land as an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. ⁵⁵But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from you, then it will come about that those whom you let remain of them will be ^(AH)like thorns in your eyes and like pricks in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live. ⁵⁶And just as I plan to do to them, I will do to you.’”