Numbers 33:40-50

40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad who dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

41 And they removed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.

42 And they removed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.

43 And they removed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.

44 And they removed from Oboth, and encamped in Ijim-Abarim, in the border of Moab.

45 And they removed from Ijim, and encamped in Dibon-Gad.

46 And they removed from Dibon-Gad, and encamped in Almon-Diblathaim.

47 And they removed from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 And they removed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

49 And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.

50 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

Numbers 33:40-50 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. See chs. 13.17; 21.1; Gen. 12.9.
• [b]. The heaps of Abarim.
• [c]. Or 'Almon near Diblathaim.
• [d]. Or 'plain of acacias.'