Numbers 33:40-50

40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.

41 And they set out from Mount Hor, and encamped at Zalmo'nah.

42 And they set out from Zalmo'nah, and encamped at Punon.

43 And they set out from Punon, and encamped at Oboth.

44 And they set out from Oboth, and encamped at I'ye-ab'arim, in the territory of Moab.

45 And they set out from I'yim, and encamped at Dibon-gad.

46 And they set out from Dibon-gad, and encamped at Al'mon-diblatha'im.

47 And they set out from Al'mon-diblatha'im, and encamped in the mountains of Ab'arim, before Nebo.

48 And they set out from the mountains of Ab'arim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;

49 they encamped by the Jordan from Beth-jes'himoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 And the LORD said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

Numbers 33:40-50 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.