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Numbers 33

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 33 of 36

1 These are the journeyings of the sons of Israel who went out from the land of Egypt according to their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2 And Moses wrote their pullings up according to their goings forth by the mouth of Jehovah. And these are their pullings up of stakes, according to their goings forth

3 And they pulled up stakes from Rameses in the first month on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians.

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Chapter Summary

A comprehensive record of Israel's forty-two journeys from Egypt to the plains of Moab is given. The chapter lists each stopping place from Rameses in Egypt to their current location. God commands them to drive out the Canaanites completely when they enter the land.

Key Hebrew Words

מַסַּע journeyings, stages H4550 · TWOT 1380a
נָסַע pull up stakes, set out H5265 · TWOT 1380
חָנָה encamp H2583 · TWOT 690
פֶּ֫סַח Passover H6453 · TWOT 1786a
יָרַשׁ dispossess H3423 · TWOT 920
בָּמָה high place H1116 · TWOT 253

People & Context

Moses

Records the stages of the journey and relays Jehovah's command to dispossess Canaan

Aaron

The priest who goes up Mount Hor and dies there in the fortieth year, aged 123

Arad

Canaanite king of the Negeb who hears of Israel's coming

Timeline

List of 42 Wilderness Journey Stages

Moses records the forty-two stages of Israel's journey from Egypt to the plains of Moab. The sequence traces their path through Rameses, Succoth, Etham, Pihahiroth, Marah, Elim, Sea of Reeds, Sin, Dophkah, Alush, Rephidim, Sinai, Graves of Lust, Hazeroth, Rithmah, Pomegranate Breach, Libnah, Rissah, Meeting Place, Mt Shapher, Haradah, Makheloth, Tahath, Tarah, Mithcah, Hashmonah, Moseroth, Bene-jaakan, Hole in Cleft, Jotbathah, Ebronah, Ezion-geber, Kadesh, Mt Hor, Zalmonah, Punon, Oboth, Ije-abarim, Dibon-gad, Almon-diblathaim, Abarim mountains, and the plains of Moab.

Numbers 33:1-49

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