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