Numbers 33:31-41

31 left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan;

32 left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad;

33 left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah;

34 left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah;

35 left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber;

36 left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

37 After they left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor at the border of Edom,

38 Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor at God's command and died there. It was the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the People of Israel had left Egypt.

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

40 The Canaanite king of Arad - he ruled in the Negev of Canaan - heard that the People of Israel had arrived.

41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah;

Numbers 33:31-41 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.