Numbers 33:1-49

Recounting Israel’s Journey

1These are the stages of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2Moses wrote down their starting places, ^astage by stage, by command of the Lord, and these are their stages according to their starting places. 3They ^bset out from Rameses in ^cthe first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out ^dtriumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, ^ewhom the Lord had struck down among them. ^fOn their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

5So the people of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at ^gSuccoth. 6And they set out from Succoth and camped at ^hEtham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. 7And they set out from Etham and turned back to ⁱPi-hahiroth, which is east of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol. 8And they set out from before Hahiroth ▼

▼Some manuscripts and versions Pi-hahiroth

and ^kpassed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they ^lwent a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. 9And they set out from Marah and came to ^mElim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. 10And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. 11And they set out from the Red Sea and camped in ⁿthe wilderness of Sin. 12And they set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. 13And they set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. 14And they set out from Alush and camped at ^oRephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. 15And they set out from Rephidim and camped in the ^pwilderness of Sinai. 16And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at ^qKibroth-hattaavah. 17And they set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at ^rHazeroth. 18And they ^sset out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. 19And they set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. 20And they set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. 21And they set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. 22And they set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. 23And they set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. 24And they set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. 25And they set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. 26And they set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. 27And they set out from Tahath and camped at Terah. 28And they set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. 29And they set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. 30And they set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. 31And they set out from Moseroth and camped at ^tBene-jaakan. 32And they set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at ^uHor-haggidgad. 33And they set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at ^vJotbathah. 34And they set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. 35And they set out from Abronah and camped at ^wEzion-geber. 36And they set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the ^xwilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh). 37And they set out from ^yKadesh and camped at ^zMount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

38And Aaron the priest went up ^aaMount Hor at the command of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. 39And Aaron was ^ab123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40And ^acthe Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.

41And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. 42And they set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. 43And they set out from Punon and camped at ^adOboth. 44And they set out from Oboth and camped at ^aeIye-abarim, in the territory of Moab. 45And they set out from Iyim and camped at ^afDibon-gad. 46And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. 47And they set out from Almon-diblathaim ^agand camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in ^ahthe plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho; 49they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as ^aiAbel-shittim in the plains of Moab.