Numbers 33:37-47

37 And they journey from Kadesh, and encamp in mount Hor, in the extremity of the land of Edom.

38 And Aaron the priest goeth up unto mount Hor, by the command of Jehovah, and dieth there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month;

39 and Aaron [is] a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor.

40 And the Canaanite -- king Arad -- who is dwelling in the south, in the land of Canaan, heareth of the coming of the sons of Israel.

41 And they journey from mount Hor, and encamp in Zalmonah;

42 and they journey from Zalmonah, and encamp in Punon.

43 And they journey from Punon, and encamp in Oboth;

44 and they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the border of Moab.

45 And they journey from Iim, and encamp in Dibon-Gad;

46 and they journey from Dibon-Gad, and encamp in Almon-Diblathaim.

47 And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo;

Numbers 33:37-47 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.