Numbers 33:7-17

7 left Etham, circled back to Pi Hahiroth east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol;
8 left Pi Hahiroth and crossed through the Sea into the wilderness; three days into the Wilderness of Etham they camped at Marah;
9 left Marah and came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; they camped there;
10 left Elim and camped by the Red Sea;
11 left the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin;
12 left the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah;
13 left Dophkah and camped at Alush;
14 left Alush and camped at Rephidim where there was no water for the people to drink;
15 left Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai;
16 left the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah;
17 left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at 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.

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