Numbers 33:38-48

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 —

41 then they departed from mount Or, and encamped in Selmona.

42 And they departed from Selmona, and encamped in Phino.

43 And they departed from Phino, and encamped in Oboth.

44 And they departed from Oboth, and encamped in Gai, on the other side on the borders of Moab.

45 And they departed from Gai, and encamped in Daebon Gad.

46 And they departed from Daebon Gad, and encamped in Gelmon Deblathaim.

47 And they departed from Gelmon Deblathaim, and encamped on the mountains of Abarim, over against Nabau.

48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

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.