Numbers 33:42-52

42 They departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They departed from Punon and camped at Oboth.[a]
44 They departed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.[b]
45 They departed from Iyim[c] and camped at Dibon-gad.[d]
46 They departed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.[e]
47 They departed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim[f] [range] facing Nebo.[g]
48 They departed from the Abarim [range] and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho.[h]
49 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth[i] to Acacia Meadows[j] [k] on the plains of Moab.

Instructions for Occupying Canaan

50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho,
51 "Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images[l] and cast images,[m] and demolish all their high places.

Numbers 33:42-52 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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