Numbers 33:38-48

38 At ADONAI's order Aharon the cohen went up on Mount Hor, and he died there on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the people of Isra'el had left the land of Egypt.

39 Aharon was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40 The Kena'ani king of 'Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Kena'an, had heard that the people of Isra'el were coming;

41 so they moved on from Mount Hor and camped at Tzalmonah.

42 They moved on from Tzalmonah and camped at Punon.

43 They moved on from Punon and camped at Ovot.

44 They moved on from Ovot and camped 'Iyei-Ha'Avarim, at the border of Mo'av.

45 They moved on from 'Iyim and camped at Divon-Gad.

46 They moved on from Divon-Gad and camped at 'Almon-Divlatayim.

47 They moved on from Almon-Divlatayim and camped in the 'Avarim Range, in front of N'vo.

48 They moved on from the 'Avarim Range and camped in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden, across from Yericho.

Numbers 33:38-48 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.