Numbers 33:1-8

March out of Egypt and through the sea

1 These were the stages by which the Israelites marched when they left the land of Egypt, according to their military units under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

2 Moses recorded the points of departure for each stage of the march at the LORD's command. These are the stages of their march according to their points of departure.

3 They marched from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,

4 while the Egyptians were burying their oldest males, whom the LORD had killed. The LORD also executed judgments against their gods.

5 The Israelites marched from Rameses and they camped at Succoth.

6 They marched from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

7 They marched from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

8 They marched from Pi-hahiroth and they crossed through the sea toward the desert.

Numbers 33:1-8 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]. March–April, Nisan
• [b]. Or with a high hand