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Numbers 33 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Wilderness Travels Reviewed
Num 33:1

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.

Num 33:2

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:

Num 33:3

They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly[fn] in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Num 33:4

Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the LORD had struck down among them, for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

Num 33:5

The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

Num 33:6

They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

Num 33:7

They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

Num 33:8

They traveled from Pi-hahiroth[fn] and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Num 33:9

They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

Num 33:10

They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Num 33:11

They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

Num 33:12

They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.

Num 33:13

They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

Num 33:14

They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Num 33:15

They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Num 33:16

They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Num 33:17

They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

Num 33:18

They traveled from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

Num 33:19

They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

Num 33:20

They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

Num 33:21

They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

Num 33:22

They traveled from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

Num 33:23

They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

Num 33:24

They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

Num 33:25

They traveled from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

Num 33:26

They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

Num 33:27

They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.

Num 33:28

They traveled from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

Num 33:29

They traveled from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

Num 33:30

They traveled from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

Num 33:31

They traveled from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

Num 33:32

They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

Num 33:33

They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

Num 33:34

They traveled from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

Num 33:35

They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

Num 33:36

They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).

Num 33:37

They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the edge of the land of Edom.

Num 33:38

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.

Num 33:39

Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Num 33:40

At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard the Israelites were coming.

Num 33:41

They traveled from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

Num 33:42

They traveled from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

Num 33:43

They traveled from Punon and camped at Oboth.

Num 33:44

They traveled from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

Num 33:45

They traveled from Iyim[fn] and camped at Dibon-gad.

Num 33:46

They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

Num 33:47

They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim range facing Nebo.

Num 33:48

They traveled from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Num 33:49

They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to the Acacia Meadow[fn] on the plains of Moab.

Instructions for Occupying Canaan
Num 33:50

The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,

Num 33:51

“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Num 33:52

“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.

Num 33:53

“You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.

Num 33:54

“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.

Num 33:55

“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.

Num 33:56

“And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”

CSB Footnotes
Lit with a raised hand ; Ex 14:8
Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read from before Hahiroth
A shortened form of Iye-abarim
Or to Abel-shittim
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