Numbers 33:30-56 ▼

30 They set out from Hashmonah (fatness) and camped at Moseroth (bonds).

31 They set out from Moseroth (bonds) and camped at Bene-jaakan (sons of twisting).

32 They set out from Bene-jaakan (sons of twisting) and camped at Hor-haggidgad (cavern of Gidgad).

33 They set out from Hor-haggidgad (cavern of Gidgad) and camped at Jotbathah (pleasantness).

34 They set out from Jotbathah (pleasantness) and camped at Abronah (passage).

35 They set out from Abronah (passage) and camped at Ezion-geber (backbone).

36 They set out from Ezion-geber (backbone) and camped at Kadesh (holy) in the Wilderness of Zin (flat).

37 They set out from Kadesh (holy) and camped at Mount Hor (mountain), on the outskirts of the land of Edom (red).

38 At the LORD’s {YHWH} command, Aaron (light bringer) the priest climbed Mount Hor (mountain) and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites (God prevails) had come out of the land of Egypt (land of bondage).

39 Aaron (light bringer) was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor (mountain).

40 Now the Canaanite (merchant) king of Arad (a wild donkey), who lived in the Negev (southland) in the land of Canaan (lowland), heard that the Israelites (God prevails) were coming.

41 And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor (mountain) and camped at Zalmonah (shady).

42 They set out from Zalmonah (shady) and camped at Punon (darkness).

43 They set out from Punon (darkness) and camped at Oboth (waterskins).

44 They set out from Oboth (waterskins) and camped at Iye-abarim (ruins of Abarim) on the border of Moab (of his father).

45 They set out from Iyim (Iye-abarim) and camped at Dibon-gad (wasting) (troop).

46 They set out from Dibon-gad (wasting) (troop) and camped at Almon-diblathaim (concealing the two cakes).

47 They set out from (concealing the two cakes) Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim (the mountains beyond the river) facing Nebo (prophet).

48 They set out from the mountains of Abarim (regions beyond) and camped on the plains of Moab (of his father) by the Jordan (flowing down) across from Jericho (city of palms).

49 And there on the plains of Moab (of his father) they camped by the Jordan (flowing down), from Beth-jeshimoth (house of the desolation) to Abel-shittim (the Meadow of the Acacias).

50 On the plains of Moab (of his father) by the Jordan (flowing down) across from Jericho (city of palms), the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

51 “Speak to the Israelites (God prevails) and tell them: When you⁺ cross the Jordan (flowing down) into the land of Canaan (lowland),

52 you⁺ 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.

53 You⁺ are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you⁺ the land to possess.

54 And 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 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.

56 And then I will do to you⁺ what I had planned to do to them.”