Numbers 33:7-17

7 And from Etham, turning back to Pi-hahiroth which is before Baal-zephon, they put up their tents before Migdol.

8 And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.

9 And from Marah they went on to Elim: and in Elim there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees; and they put up their tents there.

10 And they went on from Elim and put up their tents by the Red Sea.

11 Then from the Red Sea they went on and put up their tents in the waste land of Sin.

12 And they went on from the waste land of Sin, and put up their tents in Dophkah.

13 And they went on from Dophkah, and put up their tents in Alush.

14 And they went on from Alush, and put up their tents in Rephidim, where there was no drinking-water for the people.

15 And they went on from Rephidim, and put up their tents in the waste land of Sinai.

16 And they went on from the waste land of Sinai and put up their tents in Kibroth-hattaavah.

17 And they went on from Kibroth-hattaavah, and put up their tents in Hazeroth.

Numbers 33:7-17 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.