Numbers 33:4-14

4 while the Egyptians were burying those among them whom ADONAI had killed, all their firstborn; ADONAI had also executed judgment on their gods.

5 The people of Isra'el moved on from Ram'ses and camped at Sukkot.

6 They moved on from Sukkot and camped at Etam, by the edge of the desert.

7 They moved on from Etam and turned back to Pi-Hachirot, in front of Ba'al-Tz'fon, and camped before Migdol.

8 They moved on from P'nei-Hachirot, passed through the sea to the desert, continued three days' journey into the Etam Desert and camped at Marah.

9 They moved on from Marah and came to Eilim; in Eilim were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.

10 They moved on from Eilim and camped by the Sea of Suf.

11 They moved on from the Sea of Suf and camped in the Seen Desert.

12 They moved on from the Seen Desert and camped at Dofkah.

13 They moved on from Dofkah and camped at Alush.

14 They moved on from Alush and camped at Refidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Numbers 33:4-14 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.