Numbers 33-34

New International Version

Stages in Israel’s Journey

33 Here are the stages in the journey^(A) of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt^(B) by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.^(C) ²At the Lord’s command Moses recorded^(D) the stages in their journey^(E). This is their journey by stages:

³The Israelites set out^(F) from Rameses^(G) on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover.^(H) They marched out defiantly^(I) in full view of all the Egyptians, ⁴who were burying all their firstborn,^(J) whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment^(K) on their gods.^(L)

⁵The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.^(M)

⁶They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.^(N)

⁷They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon,^(O) and camped near Migdol.^(P)

⁸They left Pi Hahiroth^[a]^(Q) and passed through the sea^(R) into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.^(S)

⁹They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped^(T) there.

¹⁰They left Elim^(U) and camped by the Red Sea.^[b]

¹¹They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.^(V)

¹²They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

¹³They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁴They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.^(W)

¹⁵They left Rephidim^(X) and camped in the Desert of Sinai.^(Y)

¹⁶They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.^(Z)

¹⁷They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.^(AA)

¹⁸They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

¹⁹They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

²⁰They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.^(AB)

²¹They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

²²They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

²³They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

²⁴They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

²⁵They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

²⁶They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

²⁷They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

²⁸They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.

²⁹They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

³⁰They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.^(AC)

³¹They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.^(AD)

³²They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

³³They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.^(AE)

³⁴They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

³⁵They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.^(AF)

³⁶They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.^(AG)

³⁷They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor,^(AH) on the border of Edom.^(AI) ³⁸At the Lord’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died^(AJ) on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year^(AK) after the Israelites came out of Egypt.^(AL) ³⁹Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

⁴⁰The Canaanite king^(AM) of Arad,^(AN) who lived in the Negev^(AO) of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

⁴¹They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

⁴²They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

⁴³They left Punon and camped at Oboth.^(AP)

⁴⁴They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.^(AQ)

⁴⁵They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.

⁴⁶They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.

⁴⁷They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim,^(AR) near Nebo.^(AS)

⁴⁸They left the mountains of Abarim^(AT) and camped on the plains of Moab^(AU) by the Jordan^(AV) across from Jericho.^(AW) ⁴⁹There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth^(AX) to Abel Shittim.^(AY)

⁵⁰On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho^(AZ) the Lord said to Moses, ⁵¹“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,^(BA) 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.^(BB) ⁵³Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.^(BC) ⁵⁴Distribute the land by lot,^(BD) according to your clans.^(BE) To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one.^(BF) Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.^(BG)

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^(BH) in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. ⁵⁶And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.^(BI)’”

Boundaries of Canaan

34 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan,^(BJ) the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance^(BK) is to have these boundaries:^(BL)

³“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin^(BM) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,^(BN) ⁴cross south of Scorpion Pass,^(BO) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.^(BP) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,^(BQ) ⁵where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt^(BR) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.^(BS) This will be your boundary on the west.^(BT)

⁷“‘For your northern boundary,^(BU) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor^(BV) ⁸and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.^(BW) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, ⁹continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

¹⁰“‘For your eastern boundary,^(BX) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. ¹¹The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah^(BY) on the east side of Ain^(BZ) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.^[c]^(CA) ¹²Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

¹³Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot^(CB) as an inheritance.^(CC) The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes, ¹⁴because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.^(CD) ¹⁵These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

¹⁶The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁷“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua^(CE) son of Nun. ¹⁸And appoint one leader from each tribe to help^(CF) assign the land.^(CG) ¹⁹These are their names:^(CH)

Caleb^(CI) son of Jephunneh,

from the tribe of Judah;^(CJ)

²⁰Shemuel son of Ammihud,

from the tribe of Simeon;^(CK)

²¹Elidad son of Kislon,

from the tribe of Benjamin;^(CL)

²²Bukki son of Jogli,

the leader from the tribe of Dan;

²³Hanniel son of Ephod,

the leader from the tribe of Manasseh^(CM) son of Joseph;

²⁴Kemuel son of Shiphtan,

the leader from the tribe of Ephraim^(CN) son of Joseph;

²⁵Elizaphan son of Parnak,

the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;^(CO)

²⁶Paltiel son of Azzan,

the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

²⁷Ahihud son of Shelomi,

the leader from the tribe of Asher;^(CP)

²⁸Pedahel son of Ammihud,

the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

²⁹These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.^(CQ)

Footnotes

Numbers 33:8 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text left from before Hahiroth
Numbers 33:10 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 11
Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth