Numbers 33:6-16

6 And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which [is] in the extremity of the wilderness;

7 and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which [is] on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol.

8 And they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah.

9 And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim [are] twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there;

10 and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea.

11 And they journey from the Red Sea, and encamp in the wilderness of Sin;

12 and they journey from the wilderness of Sin, and encamp in Dophkah.

13 And they journey from Dophkah, and encamp in Alush;

14 and they journey from Alush, and encamp in Rephidim; and there was there no water for the people to drink.

15 And they journey from Rephidim, and encamp in the wilderness of Sinai;

16 and they journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in Kibroth-Hattaavah.

Numbers 33:6-16 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.