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Numbers 33-34
Numbers 33
1This is the route the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
2At the LORD’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.
3They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring — on the fifteenth day of the first month — on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians.
4Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the LORD had killed the night before. The LORD had defeated the gods of Egypt that night with great acts of judgment!
5After leaving Rameses, the Israelites set up camp at Succoth.
6Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
7They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol.
8They left Pi-hahiroth and crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah.
9They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
10They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.
11They left the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
12They left the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.
16They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
17They left Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
20They left Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
21They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.
29They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.
30They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31They left Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.
32They left Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
33They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
36They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
37They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom.
38While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed by the LORD to go up the mountain, and there he died. This happened in midsummer, on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after Israel’s departure from Egypt.
39Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on Mount Hor.
40At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land.
41Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42Then they left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
45They left Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad.
46They left Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
47They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains east of the river, near Mount Nebo.
48They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
49Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.
50While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
51“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
52you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.
53Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
54You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.
55But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
56And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
Numbers 34
1Then the LORD said to Moses,
2“Give these instructions to the Israelites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries.
3The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.
4It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
5From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
6“Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
7“Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor,
8then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
9and Ziphron to Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.
10“The eastern boundary will start at Hazar-enan and run south to Shepham,
11then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,
12and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”
13Then Moses told the Israelites, “This territory is the homeland you are to divide among yourselves by sacred lot. The LORD has commanded that the land be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes.
14The families of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their grants of land
15on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho toward the sunrise.”
16And the LORD said to Moses,
17“Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people.
18Enlist one leader from each tribe to help them with the task.
19These are the tribes and the names of the leaders: Tribe — Leader Judah — Caleb son of Jephunneh
20Simeon — Shemuel son of Ammihud
21Benjamin — Elidad son of Kislon
22Dan — Bukki son of Jogli
23Manasseh son of Joseph — Hanniel son of Ephod
24Ephraim son of Joseph — Kemuel son of Shiphtan
25Zebulun — Elizaphan son of Parnach
26Issachar — Paltiel son of Azzan
27Asher — Ahihud son of Shelomi
28Naphtali — Pedahel son of Ammihud
29These are the men the LORD has appointed to divide the grants of land in Canaan among the Israelites.”