Numbers 33

1These are the stages of the journey of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions, led by Moses and Aaron. 2Moses wrote down the places they set out from, stage by stage, at the LORD’s command. These are their journeys, listed by their starting points. 3They set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians, 4while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them. The LORD had also carried out judgments on their gods. 5The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth. 6They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. 7They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped in front of Migdol. 8They set out from Pi-hahiroth and went through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. After three days’ travel in the wilderness of Etham, they camped at Marah. 9They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. 10They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. 11They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin. 12They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. 13They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. 14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. 15They set out from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai. 16They set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. 17They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. 18They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. 19They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. 20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. 21They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. 22They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. 23They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. 24They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. 25They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. 26They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. 27They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah. 28They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. 29They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. 30They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. 31They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. 32They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. 33They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. 34They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. 35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. 36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, at Kadesh. 37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom. 38Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor at the LORD’s command, and he died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt. 39Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. 41They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. 42They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. 43They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth. 44They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. 45They set out from Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad. 46They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. 47They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim mountains, facing Nebo. 48They set out from the Abarim mountains and camped in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan, across from Jericho. 49Their camp stretched along the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said, 51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52drive out all the people who live in the land ahead of you. Destroy all their carved stones, destroy all their cast metal idols, and tear down all their high places. 53Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess. 54Divide the land among yourselves as an inheritance by lot, clan by clan. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Wherever the lot falls for a clan, that place will be its own. You are to receive your inheritance by your ancestral tribes. 55But if you do not drive out the people who live in the land ahead of you, those you allow to stay will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will make trouble for you in the land where you live. 56And then I will do to you what I planned to do to them.’”