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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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This is the route the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership 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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At the LORD ’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.
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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They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month —on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view 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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Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the LORD had killed the night before. The LORD had defeated the gods of Egypt that night with great acts of judgment!
5 The People of Israel: left Rameses and camped at Succoth;
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After leaving Rameses, the Israelites set up camp at Succoth.
6 left Succoth and camped at Etham at the edge of the wilderness;
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Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on 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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They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near 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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They left Pi-hahiroth and crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah.
9 left Marah and came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; they camped there;
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They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
10 left Elim and camped by the Red Sea;
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They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.
11 left the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin;
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They left the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
12 left the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah;
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They left the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 left Dophkah and camped at Alush;
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They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 left Alush and camped at Rephidim where there was no water for the people to drink;
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They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15 left Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai;
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They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.
16 left the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah;
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They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth;
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They left Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
18 left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah;
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They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez;
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They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
20 left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah;
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They left Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
21 left Libnah and camped at Rissah;
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They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah;
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They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher;
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They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah;
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They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 left Haradah and camped at Makheloth;
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They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 left Makheloth and camped at Tahath;
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They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 left Tahath and camped at Terah;
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They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 left Terah and camped at Mithcah;
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They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.
29 left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah;
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They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth;
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They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan;
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They left Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.
32 left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad;
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They left Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
33 left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah;
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They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34 left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah;
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They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber;
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They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
36 left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
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They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
37 After they left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor at the border of Edom,
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They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border 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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While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed by the LORD to go up the mountain, and there he died. This happened in midsummer, on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after Israel’s departure from Egypt.
39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
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Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on 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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At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land.
41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah;
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Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 left Zalmonah and camped at Punon;
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Then they left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 left Punon and camped at Oboth;
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They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44 left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim on the border of Moab;
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They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
45 left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad;
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They left Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad.
46 left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim;
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They left Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
47 left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim (Across-the-River), within sight of Nebo.
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They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains east of the river, near Mount Nebo.
48 After they left the mountains of Abarim they camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.
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They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from 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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Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.
50 God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho:
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While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
51 "Tell the People of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the country of Canaan,
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River 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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you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.
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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Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
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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You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.
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 you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
56 And I'll start treating you the way I planned to treat them."
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And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
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