Numbers 33:41-51

41 They marched from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They marched from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They marched from Punon and camped at Oboth.
44 They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the territory of Moab.
45 They marched from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.
46 They marched from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
47 They marched from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim mountains in front of Nebo.
48 They marched from the Abarim mountains and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
49 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Divine instruction about the land

50 The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
51 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:41-51 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 33

This chapter gives an account of the journeys of the people of Israel, from their first coming out of Egypt, to their arrival in the plains of Moab by Jordan, and the names of the various stations where they rested are given, Nu 33:1-49 and they are ordered, when they passed over Jordan, to drive out the Canaanites, destroy their idols, and divide the land among their families in their several tribes, Nu 33:50-54 or otherwise it is threatened the Canaanites should be troublesome and vexatious to them, even those that remained; and it might be expected God would do to the Israelites as he thought to do to those nations, Nu 33:55,56.

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