Numbers 33

1 These [specific, notable] are the journeys [marches, travels] of the Israelites [children of Israel, descendants of Jacob] when they came out [went forth, departed] of the land [earth, territory] of Egypt [a country in northeastern Africa] by their divisions [armies, hosts] under the leadership [hand, direction] of Moses [the Israelite leader] and Aaron [the first high priest]. word study 2 At the LORD’s [Yehovah, The covenant Name of God] command, Moses [the Israelite leader, born to Amram and Jochebed] recorded [to write or inscribe, namely] the stages [journeys or marches, involving movement of people] of their journey [exit or departure, like a gate or door]. These are the stages [journeys or marches, often involving the movement of people or armies] listed by their starting points [exits or places of departure, like a gate or door]: word study 3 On the fifteenth day of the first [primary, initial] month, on the day after the Passover [the Jewish festival, a time of remembrance], the Israelites [descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen people] set out [departed, journeyed] from Rameses [a city in Egypt, built by Hebrew slaves]. They marched out [went out with a high hand, in triumph] defiantly [with confidence, boldly] in full view [before the eyes, openly] of all [every single one, the entire nation] the Egyptians [the people of Egypt, a powerful nation], word study 4 who were burying [placing in the earth, interring] all their firstborn [oldest child, heir], whom the LORD [Yehovah, The covenant Name of God] had struck down [smitten, killed] among them; for the LORD [the supreme Judge] had executed [carried out, brought to pass] judgment [sentence, verdict] against their gods [idols, false deities]. word study 5 The Israelites [children of Israel, descendants of Jacob] set out [journeyed, departed] from Rameses [a city in Egypt, child of the sun] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Succoth [booths, a place of temporary dwelling]. word study 6 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Succoth [a place of booths, the first stop for Israelites leaving Egypt] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Etham [a stopping place, on the border], on the edge [end, border] of the wilderness [desert, open field, a place of testing]. word study 7 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Etham [a stopping place for the Israelites during the Exodus] and turned back [returned, came back] to Pi-hahiroth [the place where sedge grows], opposite [before, in front of] Baal-zephon [a place in Egypt near the Red Sea], and they camped [pitched their tents, encamped] near [before, in the presence of] Migdol [a fortified city, a tower]. word study 8 They set out [departed, journeyed on] from Pi-hahiroth [the place where sedge grows] and crossed through [passed through the midst of] the sea [a large body of water], into the wilderness [a desert or open field], and they journeyed [walked, traveled] three [a quantity of three, thrice] days into the Wilderness [a desert or open field] of Etham [a stopping place for the Israelites] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] at Marah [a place of bitter water]. word study 9 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Marah [a place of bitter water] and came to Elim [a place of palm trees], where there were twelve [a dozen] springs [fountains, sources of water] and seventy [a large number, a multitude] palm trees [date palms], and they camped [encamped, pitched their tents] there [in that place, at that location]. word study 10 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Elim [a place of palm trees, a desert oasis] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] by the Red Sea [the sea of reeds, a large body of water]. word study 11 They set out [journeyed, departed] from the Red Sea [the sea of reeds, a large body of water] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] in the Desert [wilderness, open field] of Sin [an Egyptian town and its adjoining desert, Pelusium]. word study 12 They set out [journeyed, traveled] from the Desert [wilderness, open field] of Sin [an Egyptian town and its adjoining desert] and camped [encamped, set up their tents] at Dophkah [a stopping place during Israel’s wilderness journey]. word study 13 They set out [journeyed, departed, moved on] from Dophkah [a stopping place in the wilderness] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents, lay] at Alush [in the Desert, a place of temporary rest]. word study 14 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Alush [a place of rest, I will kn] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] at Rephidim [resting places, a stop in the wilderness], where [in that location] there was [existed, came to be] no [not, none] water [a liquid, source of refreshment] for the people [a nation, a group] to drink [consume, swallow]. word study 15 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Rephidim [resting places, a stop in the wilderness] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] in the Wilderness [desert, open field, a place of testing] of Sinai [a mountain where God’s law was given, a sacred place]. word study 16 They set out [journeyed, traveled, departed] from the Wilderness [desert, open field] of Sinai [the mountain where God gave the Law] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents, settled] at Kibroth-hattaavah [the graves of lust, a place of craving]. word study 17 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Kibroth-hattaavah [graves of lust, a place of desire] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Hazeroth [a settlement, an Israelite camp]. word study 18 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Hazeroth [a settlement, an Israelite camp] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Rithmah [in the desert, a stopping place]. word study 19 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Rithmah [a place in the desert] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Rimmon-perez [a place of pomegranates, Rimmon Parez]. word study 20 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Rimmon-perez [a place in the desert, pomegranate breach] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Libnah [a city in Palestine, originally a Canaanite royal city]. word study 21 They set out [journeyed, traveled, departed] from Libnah [a city in Palestine, originally a Canaanite royal city] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Rissah [a place in the desert, a wilderness stop]. word study 22 They set out [journeyed, traveled, departed] from Rissah [a place in the desert] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Kehelathah [a stopping point in the wilderness journey]. word study 23 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Kehelathah [a place in the desert] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Mount [a mountain or hill] Shepher [a place of spiritual refuge]. word study 24 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Mount [a high elevation] Shepher [a place in the desert] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Haradah [a place of fear, a location in the wilderness]. word study 25 They set out [journeyed, traveled, removed] from Haradah [a place of fear] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Makheloth [a meeting place, a gathering spot]. word study 26 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Makheloth [a meeting place, gathering spot] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Tahath [in the desert, a place of rest]. word study 27 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Tahath [a place in the Desert] and camped [pitched, encamped] at Terah [the father of Abraham’s ancestral home]. word study 28 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Terah [the father of Abraham] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] at Mithkah [a place of sweetness, in the Desert]. word study 29 They set out [journeyed, traveled, departed] from Mithkah [a place of sweetness] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Hashmonah [a place of fatness, abundance]. word study 30 They set out [journeyed, departed, traveled] from Hashmonah [a place of fatness] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents, settled] at Moseroth [near Mount Hor, in the desert]. word study 31 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Moseroth [a place in the desert] and camped [pitched, encamped] at Bene-jaakan [sons of Jaakan, a wilderness location]. word study 32 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Bene-jaakan [sons of Jaakan, a place in the desert] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Hor-haggidgad [Hor-hagidgad, a stopping point in the wilderness]. word study 33 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Hor-haggidgad [a place in the desert, a stopping point] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] at Jotbathah [a location of pleasantness, a wilderness stopping place]. word study 34 They set out [removed, journeyed, traveled] from Jotbathah [a stopping place in the wilderness, meaning ‘pleasantness’] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents, set up camp] at Abronah [Ebronah, a stopping point in the wilderness, before reaching their destination]. word study 35 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Abronah [Ebronah] and camped [encamped, put up their tents] at Ezion-geber [Ezion-gaber, backbone of a mountain]. word study 36 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Ezion-geber [a place on the Red Sea, backbone of a mountain] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] at Kadesh [a holy place, city in southern Judah] in the Wilderness [desert, open field] of Zin [near the Dead Sea, a desert region]. word study 37 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Kadesh [a holy place, a city in southern Judah] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Mount Hor [a mountain peak, a boundary mark], on the outskirts [edge, border] of the land [territory, region] of Edom [the region of Esau’s descendants]. word study 38 At the LORD’s [Yehovah, the self-existent God] command, Aaron [the brother of Moses and first high priest] the priest [one who serves God and leads others in worship] climbed [to ascend, go up] Mount Hor [a mountain peak, a boundary mark] and died [to cease living, pass away] there on the first [one, united] day of the fifth month, in the fortieth [40, a significant period of time] year after the Israelites [the descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen people] had come out [to go out, depart] of the land [the soil, ground, or country] of Egypt [a country in northeastern Africa, a place of bondage]. word study 39 Aaron [the first high priest of the Israelites] was 123 years old [a hundred and twenty-three, one hundred twenty-three] when he died [passed away, met his death] on Mount [the mountain peak] Hor [in the land of Idumaea]. word study 40 Now the Canaanite [a merchant and trader] king of Arad [a place near ancient Palestine], who lived [to dwell, to sit] in the Negev [the southern district of Judah, the south country] in the land [the soil or ground, a country] of Canaan [a son of Ham, a region], heard [to hear and listen, implying attention and obedience] that the Israelites [descendants of Jacob] were coming [to go or come, to approach]. word study 41 And the Israelites set out [journeyed, departed] from Mount [a mountain peak] Hor [a boundary mark in Idumaea] and camped [pitched, encamped, set up their tents] at Zalmonah [a place in the desert, on the east side of the wilderness]. word study 42 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Zalmonah [a place in the desert] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Punon [a stopping point in the wilderness]. word study 43 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Punon [a place in the desert] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Oboth [near Moab, meaning waterskins]. word study 44 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Oboth [a place in the Desert, possibly near Moab] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Iye-abarim [a station in the wilderness, ruins] on the border [boundary, edge] of Moab [the land and descendants of the son of Lot]. word study 45 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Iyim [a town in Judah, also known as ruins] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] at Dibon-gad [Dibon, a town in Moab, also known as Dibon-Gad]. word study 46 They set out [journeyed, traveled] from Dibon-gad [in Moab, a city taken over by Israel] and camped [encamped, pitched their tents] at Almon-diblathaim [a place of concealment, in the wilderness]. word study 47 They set out [journeyed, departed] from Almon-diblathaim [a place of concealment] and camped [pitched their tents, encamped] in the mountains [hills, high places] of Abarim [a mountain range east of the Jordan] facing [before, in the presence of] Nebo [a mountain in Moab, near the Jordan]. word study 48 They set out [to start a journey, departed] from the mountains [hills] of Abarim [a mountain range east of the Jordan] and camped [pitched their tents, set up camp] on the plains [desert plain, wilderness] of Moab [the land of the descendants of Lot] by [near, beside, upon] the Jordan [the key river running from Lebanon to the Dead Sea] across from [opposite, near] Jericho [the city of the moon, first conquered in Canaan]. word study 49 And there on the plains [desert plain, lowlands] of Moab [the land of the descendants of Lot] they camped [pitched their tents, encamped] by the Jordan [the river that flows from Lebanon to the Dead Sea], from Beth-jeshimoth [house of desolation] to Abel-shittim [meadow of acacias]. word study 50 On the plains [in the lowlands, by the Jordan] of Moab [the land of the descendants of Lot] by the Jordan [near the river] across from Jericho [the city of the moon], the LORD [Yehovah, The covenant Name of God] said [spoke, communicated] to Moses [the Israelite leader, receiver of the law], word study 51 “Speak [to communicate, declare] to the Israelites [sons of Israel, descendants of Jacob] and tell [command, proclaim] them: When you [as a nation, collectively] cross [pass over, transition] the Jordan [the river, a border] into the land [territory, region] of Canaan [the promised land, a place of inheritance], word study 52 you must drive out [forcefully dispossess, expel] before you all the inhabitants [people, residents] of the land [territory, region], destroy [annihilate, demolish] all their carved images [figured stones, idols] and cast idols [molten images, metal statues], and demolish [tear down, lay waste] all their high places [cultic platforms, pagan temples]. word study 53 You are to take possession [dispossess the inhabitants, take control] of the land [the soil, ground, or territory] and settle [dwell, remain, or abide] in it, for [because, since] I have given [put, or set] you the land [the country, or region] to possess [occupy, or inherit]. word study 54 And you are to divide the land [by throwing lots, casting stones] by lot according to your clans [families, tribes]. Give a larger inheritance [portion, heritage] to a larger clan [family, tribe] and a smaller inheritance [portion, heritage] to a smaller one [fewer people, lesser group]. Whatever falls [is allotted, comes out] to each one by lot will be his [his possession, his territory]. You will receive an inheritance [heritage, possession] according to the tribes [family groups, ancestral divisions] of your fathers [ancestors, forefathers]. word study 55 But if you do not drive out [totally dispossess, expel] the inhabitants of the land [the people, the natives] before you, those you allow to remain [to stay, to leave behind] will become barbs [pricks, thorns] in your eyes [your vision, your understanding] and thorns [sharp points, troubles] in your sides [your flank, your vulnerability]; they will harass [vex, trouble] you in the land [the territory, the region] where you settle [dwell, reside]. word study 56 And then I will do [inflict, bring upon] to you what I had planned [thought, intended] to do [make, bring about] to them [as I had purposed, according to my will].” word study