CHAPTER 33
These
are the journeys
of the Israelites
as
they came out
of the land
of Egypt
by divisions
under the leadership
of Moses
and Aaron.
At
the LORD’s
command,
Moses
recorded
the stages
of their journey.
These
are the stages
listed by their starting points:
On the fifteenth
day
of the first
month,
on
the day after
the Passover,
the Israelites set out
from Rameses.
They
marched out
triumphantly
in full view
of all
the Egyptians,
who
were burying
all
their firstborn,
whom the LORD
had struck down among them;
for the LORD
had executed
judgment
against their gods.
They set out
from Etham
and turned back
to
Pi-hahiroth,
opposite
Baal-zephon,
and they camped
near
Migdol.
They 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.
They set out
from Marah
and came
to Elim,
where there were twelve
springs
and seventy
palm trees,
and they camped
there.
They set out
from Alush
and camped
at Rephidim,
where
there was
no
water
for the people
to drink.
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
came out
of the land
of Egypt.
Now the Canaanite
king
of Arad,
who lived
in the Negev
in the land
of Canaan,
heard
that the Israelites
were coming.
They set out
from the mountains
of Abarim
and camped
on the plains
of Moab
by
the Jordan
across from Jericho.
And there on the plains
of Moab
they camped
by
the Jordan,
from
Beth-jeshimoth
to
the plains of Moab.
you must drive out
all
the inhabitants
of the land
before you,
destroy
all
their carved images
and cast
idols,
and demolish
all
their high places.
You are to take possession of
the land
and settle
in it,
for
I have given
you the land
to possess.
And 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.
But if
you do not
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
settle.