Numbers 33

Forty Stages of Israel's Journey

1These were the stages in the Israelites' journey when they went out from the land of Egypt, lined up according to their military units, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

2At the command of the Lord , Moses recorded their departure locations according to the stages in their journey. These were the stages in their journey listed by their departure locations.

From Egypt to Sinai

(Exodus 14—17)

Journey from Kadesh to the Plains of Moab

38Aaron the priest went up onto Mount Hor at the Lord 's command and died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

39Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died at Mount Hor.

40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

Instructions for Conquering Canaan

50On the Plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses:

51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their carved images and all their cast idols, and destroy all their high places.

53You shall take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given the land to you to possess it.

54You shall distribute the land as a possession by lot according to your clans. For a larger clan you shall increase its inheritance. For a smaller clan you shall decrease its inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for that clan, that will be its portion. You will distribute the land as a possession according to the tribes of your fathers.

55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those that you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will cause trouble for you in the land where you will settle.

56Then I will do to you what I planned to do to them.’”

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