Numbers 33:37-49

March through the Transjordan region

37 They marched from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

38 Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the LORD's command, and he died there in the fortieth year on the first day of the fifth month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt.

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

40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain in the land of Canaan, heard of the Israelites' coming.

41 They marched from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42 They marched from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43 They marched from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44 They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the territory of Moab.

45 They marched from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

46 They marched from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47 They marched from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim mountains in front of Nebo.

48 They marched from the Abarim mountains and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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

Numbers 33:37-49 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. July–August, probably Av