Numbers 33:29-39

29 They journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.

30 They journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.

31 They journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan.

32 They journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad.

33 They journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.

34 They journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.

35 They journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.

36 They journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).

37 They journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

39 Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:29-39 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.