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Numbers 33

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The journey list pauses long enough for Aaron to climb Mount Hor and die, then resumes its brisk business of setting out and camping—though one camp changes its name between arrival and departure.

A road measured by campsvv. 1–36

Moses records the Israelites’ departure from Rameses under the leadership of Moses and Aaron, and the itinerary proceeds in a wonderfully steady rhythm: set out, camp, set out, camp. There is one small oasis of exactitude at Elim—twelve springs and seventy palm trees—and one dry interruption at Rephidim, where there is no water for the people. After the sea, the wildernesses, and a respectable procession of names, the route reaches Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

Mount Hor, then onwardvv. 37–49

At Mount Hor, the itinerary briefly ceases to be merely an itinerary. Aaron climbs the mountain at the LORD’s command and dies there, aged 123, in the fortieth year after the departure from Egypt. The Israelites then continue through Zalmonah, Punon, Oboth, and the places beyond; at Iye-abarim they camp on the border of Moab, but the next departure is attributed to Iyim, with no explanation offered for the alteration. At last they camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, facing Jericho, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim—a grand conclusion to a list that has mostly preferred the plain little word “camped.”

The word on the plainsvv. 50–56

On the plains of Moab by the Jordan, the LORD speaks to Moses about what is to happen when the Israelites cross into Canaan. The inhabitants are to be driven out, their images destroyed, and the land divided by lot according to clans, with larger and smaller inheritances allotted in proportion. The warning is presented in two memorable pieces of anatomy: those left behind will be barbs in the eyes and thorns in the sides; then the LORD will do to the Israelites what had been planned for those inhabitants.

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Num 33:1These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
Num 33:2At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
Num 33:3On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
Num 33:4who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
Num 33:5The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
Num 33:6They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
Num 33:7They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
Num 33:8They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
Num 33:9They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
Num 33:10They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Num 33:11They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
Num 33:12They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
Num 33:13They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
Num 33:14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
Num 33:15They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Num 33:16They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Num 33:17They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
Num 33:18They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
Num 33:19They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
Num 33:20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
Num 33:21They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
Num 33:22They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
Num 33:23They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
Num 33:24They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
Num 33:25They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
Num 33:26They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
Num 33:27They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.
Num 33:28They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.
Num 33:29They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
Num 33:30They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
Num 33:31They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.
Num 33:32They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
Num 33:33They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
Num 33:34They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
Num 33:35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
Num 33:36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
Num 33:37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
Num 33:38At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.
Num 33:39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
Num 33:40Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
Num 33:41And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
Num 33:42They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
Num 33:43They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.
Num 33:44They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
Num 33:45They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.
Num 33:46They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
Num 33:47They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
Num 33:48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Num 33:49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
Num 33:50On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
Num 33:51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Num 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
Num 33:53You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
Num 33:54And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
Num 33:55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
Num 33:56And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

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Where this is echoed

Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 141 passages were voted onto 40 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

55 Judges 2:3So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
55 Psalms 106:34–36They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
55 Joshua 23:12–13For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
55 Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
52 Exodus 23:24You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
52 Leviticus 26:1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
55 Exodus 23:33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
55 Deuteronomy 7:4because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
4 Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
52 Deuteronomy 20:16–18However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
5 Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
38 Deuteronomy 10:6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
51 Joshua 3:17The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
52 Deuteronomy 7:2–5and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
55 Ezekiel 28:24For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
55 Judges 1:21–36The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

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