Numbers 33:30-40

30 And they departed from Selmona, and encamped in Masuruth.

31 And they departed from Masuruth, and encamped in Banaea.

32 And they departed from Banaea, and encamped in the mountain Gadgad.

33 And they departed from the mountain Gadgad, and encamped in Etebatha.

34 And they departed from Etebatha, and encamped in Ebrona.

35 And they departed from Ebrona, and encamped in Gesion Gaber.

36 And they departed from Gesion Gaber, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin; and they departed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan; this is Cades.

37 And they departed from Cades, and encamped in mount Or near the land of Edom.

38 And Aaron the priest went up by the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year of the departure of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month.

39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old, when he died in mount Or.

40 And Arad the Chananitish king (he too dwelt in the land of Chanaan) having heard when the children of Israel were entering —

Numbers 33:30-40 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.