Numbers 33:39-49

39 Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.

40 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

41 They journeyed from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.

42 They journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.

43 They journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.

44 They journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab.

45 They journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.

46 They journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.

47 They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

49 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Numbers 33:39-49 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.