Numbers 33:6-49

6 And they set out from Succoth and camped at 1Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
7 And they set out from Etham and turned back to 2Pi-hahiroth, which is east of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.
8 And they set out from before Hahiroth[a] and 3passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they 4went a three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
9 And they set out from Marah and came to 5Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
10 And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
11 And they set out from the Red Sea and camped in 6the wilderness of Sin.
12 And they set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 And they set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 And they set out from Alush and camped at 7Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15 And they set out from Rephidim and camped in the 8wilderness of Sinai.
16 And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at 9Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 And they set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at 10Hazeroth.
18 And they 11set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 And they set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
20 And they set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
21 And they set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 And they set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 And they set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 And they set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 And they set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 And they set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 And they set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 And they set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29 And they set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 And they set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 And they set out from Moseroth and camped at 12Bene-jaakan.
32 And they set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at 13Hor-haggidgad.
33 And they set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at 14Jotbathah.
34 And they set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 And they set out from Abronah and camped at 15Ezion-geber.
36 And they set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the 16wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).
37 And they set out from 17Kadesh and camped at 18Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.
38 And Aaron the priest went up 19Mount Hor at the command of the LORD and died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
39 And Aaron was 20 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 And 21the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.
41 And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 And they set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 And they set out from Punon and camped at 22Oboth.
44 And they set out from Oboth and camped at 23Iye-abarim, in the territory of Moab.
45 And they set out from Iyim and camped at 24Dibon-gad.
46 And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
47 And they set out from Almon-diblathaim 25and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48 And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in 26the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;
49 they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as 27Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Numbers 33:6-49 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.

Cross References 27

  • 1. Exodus 13:20
  • 2. Exodus 14:2, 9
  • 3. Exodus 14:22
  • 4. Exodus 15:22, 23
  • 5. Exodus 15:27
  • 6. Exodus 16:1
  • 7. Exodus 17:1
  • 8. Exodus 19:1, 2
  • 9. Numbers 11:34
  • 10. Numbers 11:35; Numbers 12:16
  • 11. Numbers 12:16
  • 12. [Deuteronomy 10:6]
  • 13. Deuteronomy 10:7
  • 14. [See ver. 32 above]
  • 15. Deuteronomy 2:8; 1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 22:48; 2 Chronicles 8:17
  • 16. Numbers 20:1; Numbers 27:14
  • 17. Numbers 20:1, 14, 22
  • 18. Numbers 20:23; Numbers 21:4; Numbers 34:7, 8
  • 19. Numbers 20:25-28; Deuteronomy 32:50; [Deuteronomy 10:6]
  • 20. [Exodus 7:7]
  • 21. Numbers 21:1
  • 22. Numbers 21:10
  • 23. Numbers 21:11
  • 24. Numbers 21:30; [Numbers 32:34]
  • 25. Deuteronomy 32:49
  • 26. Numbers 22:1
  • 27. See Numbers 25:1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Some manuscripts and versions Pi-hahiroth
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