Numbers 33:1-5

Stages in Israel’s Journey

1 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

2 At the LORD’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages:

3 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,

4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their gods.

5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.

Numbers 33:1-5 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

• 1. Exodus 17:1; Exodus 40:36
• 2. Numbers 1:1; Micah 6:4
• 3. S Exodus 4:16; Exodus 6:26; Psalms 77:20
• 4. S Exodus 17:14
• 5. S ver 1
• 6. Numbers 10:2
• 7. S Genesis 47:11
• 8. Joshua 5:10; Exodus 13:4
• 9. S Exodus 14:8
• 10. S Exodus 4:23
• 11. 2 Chronicles 24:24; Jeremiah 15:3; Ezekiel 14:21
• 12. S Exodus 12:12
• 13. Exodus 12:37