Wilderness Travels Reviewed

33 These were the stages of the Israelites’ journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. At the Lord’s command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points:

They departed from Rameses(A) in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover(B) the Israelites went out triumphantly[a](C) in the sight of all the Egyptians. Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the Lord had struck down among them, for the Lord had executed judgment against their gods.(D) The Israelites departed from Rameses and camped at Succoth.(E)
They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham,(F) which is on the edge of the wilderness.
They departed from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.(G)
They departed from Pi-hahiroth[b] and crossed through the middle of the sea(H) into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.(I)
They departed from Marah and came to Elim.(J) There were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms at Elim, so they camped there.
10 They departed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
11 They departed from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.(K)
12 They departed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.
13 They departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 They departed from Alush and camped at Rephidim,(L) where there was no water for the people to drink.(M)
15 They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.(N)
16 They departed from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.(O)
17 They departed from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.(P)
18 They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 They departed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
20 They departed from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
21 They departed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 They departed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 They departed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 They departed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 They departed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 They departed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 They departed from Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 They departed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29 They departed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They departed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 They departed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.(Q)
32 They departed from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
33 They departed from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34 They departed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.(R)
36 They departed from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin(S) (that is, Kadesh).
37 They departed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor(T) on the edge of the land of Edom. 38 At 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 went out of the land of Egypt.(U) 39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor. 40 At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan,(V) heard the Israelites were coming.
41 They departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They departed from Punon and camped at Oboth.(W)
44 They departed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.(X)
45 They departed from Iyim[c] and camped at Dibon-gad.(Y)
46 They departed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.(Z)
47 They departed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim(AA) range facing Nebo.(AB)
48 They departed from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.(AC) 49 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth(AD) to the Acacia Meadow[d](AE) on the plains of Moab.

Instructions for Occupying Canaan

50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, 51 “Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images(AF) and cast images,(AG) and demolish all their high places. 53 You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land(AH) to possess. 54 You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes. 55 But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become thorns in your eyes and in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live. 56 And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”(AI)

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 33:3 Lit with a raised hand; Ex 14:8
  2. Numbers 33:8 Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read from before Hahiroth
  3. Numbers 33:45 A shortened form of Iye-abarim
  4. Numbers 33:49 Or Abel-shittim

從埃及到約旦河

33 以下是以色列人在摩西和亞倫的領導下離開埃及列隊行軍的路線。 摩西遵照耶和華的吩咐記錄啟行的地點,以下是他們停留過的地方。

一月十五日,即逾越節的第二天,埃及人眼睜睜地看著以色列人昂首挺胸地離開了蘭塞。 當時埃及人正埋葬他們的長子,耶和華擊殺了他們的長子,並藉此懲罰了他們的眾神明。 以色列人從蘭塞啟行,至疏割紮營; 從疏割啟行,至曠野邊界的以倘紮營; 從以倘啟行,又折回巴力·洗分對面的比哈·希錄,在密奪附近紮營; 從比哈·希錄啟行,經過紅海到書珥曠野,在伊坦曠野走了三天,至瑪拉紮營; 從瑪拉啟行,至以琳紮營,那裡有十二股水泉和七十棵棕樹; 10 從以琳啟行,至紅海岸邊紮營; 11 從紅海啟行,至汛曠野紮營; 12 從汛曠野啟行,至脫加紮營; 13 從脫加啟行,至亞錄紮營; 14 從亞錄啟行,至利非訂紮營,在那裡民眾沒有水喝; 15 從利非訂啟行,至西奈曠野紮營; 16 從西奈曠野啟行,至基博羅·哈他瓦紮營; 17 從基博羅·哈他瓦啟行,至哈洗錄紮營; 18 從哈洗錄啟行,至利提瑪紮營; 19 從利提瑪啟行,至臨門·帕烈紮營; 20 從臨門·帕烈啟行,至立拿紮營; 21 從立拿啟行,至勒撒紮營; 22 從勒撒啟行,至基希拉他紮營; 23 從基希拉他啟行,至沙斐山紮營; 24 從沙斐山啟行,至哈拉大紮營; 25 從哈拉大啟行,至瑪吉希錄紮營; 26 從瑪吉希錄啟行,至他哈紮營; 27 從他哈啟行,至他拉紮營; 28 從他拉啟行,至密加紮營; 29 從密加啟行,至哈摩拿紮營; 30 從哈摩拿啟行,至摩西錄紮營; 31 從摩西錄啟行,至比尼·亞干紮營; 32 從比尼·亞干啟行,至曷·哈吉甲紮營; 33 從曷·哈吉甲啟行,至約巴他紮營; 34 從約巴他啟行,至阿博拿紮營; 35 從阿博拿啟行,至以旬·迦別紮營; 36 從以旬·迦別啟行,至荀曠野的加低斯紮營; 37 從加低斯啟行,至以東邊界的何珥山紮營。

38 以色列人離開埃及後的第四十年五月一日,亞倫祭司遵照耶和華的吩咐上了何珥山,並在那裡離世, 39 享年一百二十三歲。

40 在南地的迦南人亞拉得王得知了以色列人要來的消息。

41 以色列人從何珥山啟行,至撒摩拿紮營; 42 從撒摩拿啟行,至普嫩紮營; 43 從普嫩啟行,至阿伯紮營; 44 從阿伯啟行,至摩押邊境的以耶·亞巴琳紮營; 45 從以耶·亞巴琳啟行,至底本·迦得紮營; 46 從底本·迦得啟行,至亞門·低比拉太音紮營; 47 從亞門·低比拉太音啟行,至尼波對面的亞巴琳山紮營; 48 從亞巴琳山啟行,至耶利哥對面、約旦河邊的摩押平原紮營。 49 他們沿著約旦河在摩押平原紮營,營地從伯·耶施末一直延伸到亞伯·什亭。

50 耶和華在耶利哥對面、約旦河邊的摩押平原對摩西說: 51 「你告訴以色列人,『你們過約旦河進了迦南以後, 52 一定要趕走當地的居民,毀掉他們一切的石像和鑄像,拆毀他們所有的邱壇。 53 你們要佔領那片土地,住在那裡,因為我已經把那裡賜給你們作產業了。 54 你們要按宗族家系抽籤分配土地,人口多的多分,人口少的少分,抽到哪塊地就得哪塊地。 55 如果你們不趕走那裡的居民,留下來的人必成為你們眼裡的刺和肋旁的荊棘,在你們所居之地攪擾你們, 56 我也會用預備對付他們的方法來對付你們。』」