Numbers 33:1

The Travels Are Recounted

1 These [were] the journeys of the {Israelites}, who went out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 33:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:1

These are the journeys of the children of Israel
Which are related in this chapter following:

which went forth out of the land of Egypt:
whither their fathers went and stayed, and were kept in hard bondage, but in due time were delivered from it, and came out from thence:

with their armies;
in great numbers, and in an orderly manner, in rank and file, and like so many squadrons, see ( Exodus 7:4 ) , under the hand of Moses and Aaron: who were sent to the king of Egypt to require their dismission, and who were the instruments under God of their deliverance, and were the leaders of them; as of them out of Egypt, so through the wilderness, in their, several journeys here recorded.

Numbers 33:1 In-Context

1 These [were] the journeys of the {Israelites}, who went out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2 Moses wrote down their movements according to their journeys on the command of Yahweh, and these [are] their journeys according to their movements.

3 They set out from Rameses on the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the {Israelites} went out {boldly} {in the sight} of all the Egyptians

4 while the Egyptians [were] burying all the firstborn among them whom Yahweh struck. Yahweh [also] executed punishments among their gods.

5 Then the {Israelites} set out from Rameses, and they camped in Succoth.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"