The Journey from Egypt to Jordan

1These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2And Moses wrote down their starting places according to their journeys by the [†]command of Yahweh, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.

3They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the [†]next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out [†]with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4but the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom Yahweh had struck down among them. Yahweh had also executed judgments on their gods.

5Then the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses and camped in Succoth.

6They journeyed from Succoth and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7They journeyed from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

8They journeyed [†]from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

9They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10They journeyed from Elim and camped by the [†]Red Sea.

11They journeyed from the [†]Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

12They journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13They journeyed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14They journeyed from Alush and camped at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink.

15They journeyed from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

16They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

17They journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19They journeyed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

20They journeyed from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

21They journeyed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22They journeyed from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah.

23They journeyed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24They journeyed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25They journeyed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26They journeyed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27They journeyed from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28They journeyed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29They journeyed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30They journeyed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31They journeyed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

32They journeyed from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

33They journeyed from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34They journeyed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35They journeyed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

36They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.

37They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom. 38Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the [†]command of Yahweh, and he died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month. 39Now Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40Now the Canaanite, the king of Arad [†]who lived in the [†]Negev in the land of Canaan, heard when the sons of Israel were coming.

41Then they journeyed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43They journeyed from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab.

45They journeyed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

46They journeyed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

49They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Statutes of Possessing the Land

50Then Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, 51“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52then you shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their carved stones and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places; 53and you shall take possession of the land and inhabit it, for I have given the land to you to possess it. 54And you shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. 55But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it will be that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land which you inhabit. 56And it will be as I plan to do to them, so I will do to you.’”