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1 These are the camping sites in the journey of the People of Israel after they left Egypt, deployed militarily under the command of Moses and Aaron.
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These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
2 Under God's instruction Moses kept a log of every time they moved, camp by camp:
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And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
3 They marched out of Rameses the day after the Passover. It was the fifteenth day of the first month. They marched out heads high and confident.
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And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
4 The Egyptians, busy burying their firstborn whom God had killed, watched them go. God had exposed the nonsense of their gods.
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For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
5 The People of Israel: left Rameses and camped at Succoth;
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And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
6 left Succoth and camped at Etham at the edge of the wilderness;
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And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
7 left Etham, circled back to Pi Hahiroth east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol;
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And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
8 left Pi Hahiroth and crossed through the Sea into the wilderness; three days into the Wilderness of Etham they camped at Marah;
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And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
9 left Marah and came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; they camped there;
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And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
10 left Elim and camped by the Red Sea;
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And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
11 left the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin;
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And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
12 left the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah;
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And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
13 left Dophkah and camped at Alush;
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And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
14 left Alush and camped at Rephidim where there was no water for the people to drink;
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And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
15 left Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai;
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And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
16 left the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah;
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And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
17 left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth;
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And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
18 left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah;
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And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
19 left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez;
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And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
20 left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah;
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And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 left Libnah and camped at Rissah;
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And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
22 left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah;
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And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
23 left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher;
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And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
24 left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah;
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And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
25 left Haradah and camped at Makheloth;
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And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
26 left Makheloth and camped at Tahath;
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And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
27 left Tahath and camped at Terah;
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And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
28 left Terah and camped at Mithcah;
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And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
29 left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah;
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And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
30 left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth;
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And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
31 left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan;
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And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
32 left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad;
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And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
33 left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah;
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And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
34 left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah;
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And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
35 left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber;
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And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
36 left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
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And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
37 After they left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor at the border of Edom,
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And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
38 Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor at God's command and died there. It was the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the People of Israel had left Egypt.
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And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
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And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
40 The Canaanite king of Arad - he ruled in the Negev of Canaan - heard that the People of Israel had arrived.
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And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah;
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And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
42 left Zalmonah and camped at Punon;
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And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
43 left Punon and camped at Oboth;
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And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
44 left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim on the border of Moab;
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And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.
45 left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad;
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And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
46 left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim;
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And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
47 left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim (Across-the-River), within sight of Nebo.
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And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48 After they left the mountains of Abarim they camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.
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And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
49 On the Plains of Moab their camp stretched along the banks of the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim (Acacia Meadow).
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And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
50 God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
51 "Tell the People of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the country of Canaan,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
52 drive out the native population before you, destroy their carved idols, destroy their cast images, level their worship-mounds
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Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
53 so that you take over the land and make yourself at home in it; I've given it to you. It's yours.
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And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
54 "Divide up the land by lot according to the size of your clans: Large clans will get large tracts of land, small clans will get smaller tracts of land. However the lot falls, that's it. Divide it up according to your ancestral tribes.
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And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
55 "But if you don't drive out the native population, everyone you let stay there will become a cinder in your eye and a splinter in your foot. They'll give you endless trouble right in your own backyards.
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But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56 And I'll start treating you the way I planned to treat them."
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Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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