These 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.
At 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:
Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the LORD had struck down among them, for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.
They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.
They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).
They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the edge of the land of Edom.
At 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.
At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard the Israelites were coming.
They traveled from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,
“you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.
“You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.
“You 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.
“But 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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