Numbers 33:7-56 ▼

7 They set out from Etham (with them: their plowshare) and turned back to Pi-hahiroth (place where sedge grows), opposite Baal-zephon (lord of the north), and they camped near Migdol (tower).

8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth [Hahiroth] and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham (with them: their plowshare) and camped at Marah (bitter).

9 They set out from Marah (bitter) and came to Elim (palms), where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10 They set out from Elim (palms) and camped by the Red Sea (the Sea of Reeds).

11 They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin (thorn).

12 They set out from the Desert of Sin (thorn / clay) and camped at Dophkah (knocking).

13 They set out from Dophkah (knocking) and camped at Alush (I will knead bread).

14 They set out from Alush (I will knead bread) and camped at Rephidim (resting places), where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 They set out from Rephidim (resting places) and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai (thorny).

16 They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai (thorny) and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah (graves of craving).

17 They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah (graves of craving) and camped at Hazeroth (settlement).

18 They set out from Hazeroth (settlement) and camped at Rithmah (heath).

19 They set out from Rithmah (heath) and camped at Rimmon-perez (pomegranate of the breaking out).

20 They set out from Rimmon-perez (pomegranate of the breaking out) and camped at Libnah (pavement).

21 They set out from Libnah (pavement) and camped at Rissah (ruin).

22 They set out from Rissah (ruin) and camped at Kehelathah (assembly).

23 They set out from Kehelathah (assembly) and camped at Mount Shepher (beauty).

24 They set out from Mount Shepher (beauty) and camped at Haradah (fear).

25 They set out from Haradah (fear) and camped at Makheloth (place of assembly).

26 They set out from Makheloth (place of assembly) and camped at Tahath (station).

27 They set out from Tahath (station) and camped at Terah.

28 They set out from Terah (station) and camped at Mithkah (sweetness).

29 They set out from Mithkah (sweetness) and camped at Hashmonah (fatness).

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.”