| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. | 1These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. |
| 2At the LORD's command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages: | 2At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points: |
| 3The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, | 3On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, |
| 4who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their gods. | 4who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods. |
| 5The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth. | 5The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth. |
| 6They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert. | 6They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. |
| 7They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol. | 7They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol. |
| 8They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah. | 8They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. |
| 9They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. | 9They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. |
| 10They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea. | 10They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. |
| 11They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin. | 11They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin. |
| 12They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah. | 12They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah. |
| 13They left Dophkah and camped at Alush. | 13They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. |
| 14They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. | 14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. |
| 15They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai. | 15They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. |
| 16They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. | 16They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. |
| 17They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. | 17They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. |
| 18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. | 18They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. |
| 19They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez. | 19They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. |
| 20They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah. | 20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. |
| 21They left Libnah and camped at Rissah. | 21They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. |
| 22They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. | 22They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. |
| 23They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. | 23They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. |
| 24They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. | 24They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. |
| 25They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth. | 25They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. |
| 26They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath. | 26They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. |
| 27They left Tahath and camped at Terah. | 27They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah. |
| 28They left Terah and camped at Mithkah. | 28They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. |
| 29They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. | 29They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. |
| 30They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. | 30They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. |
| 31They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan. | 31They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. |
| 32They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad. | 32They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. |
| 33They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. | 33They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. |
| 34They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. | 34They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. |
| 35They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber. | 35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. |
| 36They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin. | 36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. |
| 37They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom. | 37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom. |
| 38At the LORD's command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. | 38At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt. |
| 39Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. | 39Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor. |
| 40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. | 40Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. |
| 41They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. | 41And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. |
| 42They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon. | 42They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. |
| 43They left Punon and camped at Oboth. | 43They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth. |
| 44They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab. | 44They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab. |
| 45They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad. | 45They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad. |
| 46They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim. | 46They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. |
| 47They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo. | 47They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo. |
| 48They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. | 48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. |
| 49There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim. | 49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim. |
| 50On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses, | 50On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses, |
| 51"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, | 51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, |
| 52drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places. | 52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places. |
| 53Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. | 53You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. |
| 54Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes. | 54And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. |
| 55"'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. | 55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle. |
| 56And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.'" | 56And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.” |
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